- And - they're in stock. This is quite an important consideration.
'Real' makers have long waiting lists. But the enthusiastic newcomer
wants to get his/her lute NOW, not in 2012 (or 2013, or...). Delayed
gratification is all very well, but how many people have that sort of
patience? How many never get started on the lute as a result?
All power to cheap, available lutes!
P
On 23 November 2010 14:04, G. Crona <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here they are Chris, your "200 Dollar Lutes" :)
[2]http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_renaissance_lute_8_15.htm?sid=97
53fb3d0aa7c9b6ed40b37c1dab3d28
[3]http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_renaissance_laute.htm?sid=9753fb
3d0aa7c9b6ed40b37c1dab3d28
can't vouch for quality though!
G.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Wilke"
<[4]chriswi...@yahoo.com>
To: "Margaret Munck" <[5]meg.mu...@gmail.com>
Cc: "lute mailing list list" <[6]l...@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:45 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: EMS Lutes
All,
I think the real issues with student lute pricing is that very few
take it up as their first instrument. The vast majority come from
some guitar background and they will have already spent a fair
amount of money on other guitars or other instruments by the time
they get to the lute.
I think my own situation is not atypical: I already had a bachelor's
degree in classical guitar performance before I even touched a lute.
Just before I graduated, I mentioned to my teacher how much I
enjoyed playing lute transcriptions. He said I could buy a cheap
lute "for around $200" if I "wanted to mess around with it on the
side." The thought had never occurred to me and it hit me like a
lightening bolt: play lute music... on a LUTE!?!?
Needless to say, I searched for months for that $200 lute. All of
the instruments on Wayne's page were hours and hours away from me.
I wasn't about to send $3,000 to some random person in California or
Spain. I really couldn't believe there was no one within an hour or
two's drive selling a lute so that I could at least try it out.
After a while I was getting discouraged and was ready to give up.
By chance I happened across a big name lutenist online selling a
10-course. It was way more money than I wanted to spend and my
fiance was a bit miffed, but, knowing next to nothing about lutes,
this seemed like a sure bet. I have to admit, I probably had some
stars in my eyes and this was no doubt partially a factor in buying
this particular lute. I suppose it worked out for the best: I'm now
almost finished with my doctorate in lute performance and she's
still with me.
I wonder - Would things have turned out differently if I'd been able
to get a cheapy in my hands two weeks after I spoke to my teacher?
Would I have kept up the interest with an inferior instrument?
Still, who knows if the instrument with name recognition hadn't come
my way?
Chris
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References
1. mailto:kalei...@gmail.com
2.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_renaissance_lute_8_15.htm?sid=9753fb3d0aa7c9b6ed40b37c1dab3d28
3.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_renaissance_laute.htm?sid=9753fb3d0aa7c9b6ed40b37c1dab3d28
4. mailto:chriswi...@yahoo.com
5. mailto:meg.mu...@gmail.com
6. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
8. mailto:peter.l...@gmail.com
