Dear lutenists, I just found out that all my lutes seem to be quite old - from 1986 - 2003. The earlier ones were mainly made by S. Barber, see http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/mylutes.html
Should I think the knowledge and skill of making lutes today is much better? Especially Stephen, should I sell your old lutes and buy new ones made by you and Sandy? ;-) The old ones anyhow sound still nice.. Bur severely, has the knowledge and skill of making lutes increased significantly in the last ten-twenty years? All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
