They did, some years ago (20?) but didn't stick with it. I've seen a couple of them, and wasn't impressed. They were rather heavy, didn't sound that good, and they made some odd design decisions, like a curved fingerboard. They did a much better job with guitars. I've still got my old 60's vintage Aria "starter" classical guitar, and it's a respectable instrument.
BTW, IIRC, Aria doesn't actually have a factory, as such. They do the design but job out the actual construction. I'm not sure where. It's been quite awhile since I read that item, so someone on the list might have better info. Guy -----Original Message----- From: Wim Loos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:00 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Factory build lutes Dear members, I wonder knows anybody if the guitar-factory "ARIA" also makes lutes, and what there quality is. For instance 8-course renaissance lute. Thanks in advance, Wim _________________________________________________________________ Jouw nieuws: wereldnieuws! Beleef 't op MSN.nl http://reporter.msn.nl/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
