Hi B lutenists On a different question.
Do you know where I might acquire any Baroque lute duet sheet music? I have some duets but just for B lute and flute. Thanks Dick Brook > On Mar 23, 2019, at 3:42 AM, Jay F. <existentialismy...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I was wondering if anyone could provide some suggestions as to who > would be the best luthier to make a copy of the Hrubý Rohozec > 1728 Dieffopruchar/Edlinger? I played one by Robert Lundberg and it was > honestly one of the nicest sounding baroque lutes I've heard. The other > major benefit is its extremely flat bowl which makes it quite > comfortable to play despite its 76cm string length. The problem, > however, is very few luthiers offer this model. I know Cesar Mateus > makes them. I'd also consider asking Clive Titmuss. I know Busato also > makes them, but I'm sceptical about him seeing as his lutes seem to be > too cheap. > > I literally just received one made by Jiri Cepelak and its a total dud > so we can count him off the list. He completely ignored some of my > requests such as the stings I wanted, how many frets and the size of > the bridge sting holes (I can’t fit gut, or Aquila CD loaded bass > strings for the bottom 5 courses). It came to me with a messed-up > action (buzzing) and a terrible varnishing job on the bowl. I had heard > he was reliable... but clearly, he rushed the construction on this > instrument. Luckily, I haven't paid for it so I'll probably send it > back. Any advice on this issue is also welcomed. > > Thanks for your help! > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
