Dear All, Judging from the talks given by Michael Lowe, Stephen Gottlieb and David Munro given at the Lute Society meeting in November about the restoration of Jacob Linberg's Sixtus Rauwolf lute, the restoration costs alone must have been quite high. There was no mention of cost, but there was clearly a lot of expert work involved. Even the replacement bars were made from salvaged sixteenth century wood. It could be that this lute is the only one with significant work dating from the sixteenth century in playable condition. Does anyone know of any others? It's a very fine sounding lute in Jacob's hands, but having heard Anthony Bailes play a modern lute in the same room earlier in the year I could not possibly say that his sound was in any way inferior. There is so much more to lute playing than the instrument!
It's a while ago now, but in 1981 the Andreas Berr ivory 13 course lute of 1699 and the Magno Dieffopruchar 6 course of c. 1550 (both ivory backed lutes from the Hever Castle collection) sold at auction for £4,500 each. They were not of course in playable condition. Even at that time a vintage Les Paul Standard from the original 1958 - 61 production run would have been well above that price. Best wishes, Denys ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LuteNet list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 6:12 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: How does this compare to Vintage Lutes > There are not a lot of vintage lutes on the market. I asked Jacob > Lindberg what he paid for his, but he said it was a secret. > > On Jan 4, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Narada wrote: > > > > > So, has a vintage Lute ever gone for that price? Just curious, more > > than > > anything else. > > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
