Dear Arto,
Nico van der Waals is an emblematic maker with a reputation as solid
as Michael Lowe. I payed 8250 Euro for this theorbo back in 2002. You
certainly can get cheaper instruments but if you are really interested
on playing something really special by one of the pioneers of lute
making with decades of experience, you will have to pay a price for
it. Nico takes months to build a lute and he is never happy until he
gets the sound he wants out of a given project. As a consequence he is
only able to produce a small amount of instruments per year compared
to other makers.
Just to clarify things, I give you a link to a scanned receipt of the
theorbo were you can see that I indeed payed 8250 Euros for it:
http://tinyurl.com/brlgv2
or:
http://www.theorbo.lutevoice.com/Site/Theorbo_for_sale_files/Media/Factura%20Nico%20Tiorba/Factura%20Nico%20Tiorba.jpg?disposition=download
Greetings,
Alfonso
On Feb 14, 2009, at 12:20 AM, wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote:
On 2/13/2009, "Alfonso Marin" <luten...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am offering my Theorbo by NIco van der Waals for sale.
..
Selling price is 7900 .
The instrument really looks very beautiful!
But is this really the price level of today? 7800 euros for a quality
theorbo?
In that case I am a rich man!
On the other hand we lutenists have been happy for years for the
prices
of our instruments - just take a look to all others, even to modern
guitarists ordering hand made instruments...
Happily I've bought my instruments in the times that were not so
good to
luthiers! ;-) Best wishes to Stephen B. and Sandy! ;-))
Arto
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