My 1980 Lundberg archlute is pretty much scoopless. I find the lack of scoop a minor inconvenience; we get used to the instruments we play.
But when Paul O’Dette borrowed it to play a concerto years ago, his fingers hit the top a good deal, it got a bit percussive at times. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
