I can vouch for James Marriage's work - I bought one of his Hans Frei- type lutes three years ago - a really lovely instrument for the cost. He should put his prices up :-)
Andrew On 30 Sep 2009, at 12:44, Sauvage Valéry wrote: > I can add some names to the list of makers making students lutes > Didier Jarny http://www.luths-et-luthier.com/ (1400 Euros) > James Marriage http://www.jminstruments.com/studentLutes.aspx (705 £) > .. > Val -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html