Hi-I have often wondered about van der Waals, like is he still building and where? Does he still take orders?
Sterling ----- Original Message ---- From: Alfonso Marin <luten...@gmail.com> To: Arto Wikla <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi>; lutelist Net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:16:00 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo by Nic. Nic. B. van der Waals for sale 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 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
