It should have a label. Get one of those bright LED lights and really look inside. A baroque lute with no label would be an adventure.
If you can swing it, get a new instrument with a label. dt At 11:59 PM 6/20/2010, you wrote: >I'm interested in buying a Baroque lute, 11 or >13 courses. > >In inspecting candidate instruments, I can judge >obvious things like tone, defective pegs, super- >ficial workmanship, and rattling braces. > >However, I worry that less obvious aspects might >also be important, such as stability of wood, >type of wood, and interior construction. > >Can a lute player appraise a lute without knowing >who made it? > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
