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Dear all, Last October 2018 I was casually checking out if Thomann (www.thomann.de) had any interesting Baroque guitars for sale. Instead, I found a series of what seemed to be very interesting Renaissance and Baroque lutes called Thomann Cantarella (this was the first time I saw these Thomann lutes and names). They were 7 and 8 courses Renaissance and 13 courses Baroque lutes. What has surprised and interested me at the time was the fact that these lutes looked exactly as the ones built by the French company Le Luth Doré ( www.leluthdore.com). I have two LLD Lutes, an 8c Renaissance and a 13c Baroque one. I was really surprised when looking at these Thomann lutes because they seemingly have a very similar/maybe the same logo as my LLD one?. By very similar I mean It even looks to have the crown on top of the LLD letters. The case, varnish and overall look made me stare back and forth Thomannâs page and my own lute. Iâm putting some pictures here so you guys can see if Iâm correct or not. Since Thomann was selling these lutes at the time (right now they seem to be out of stock) with a couple hundred euros price reduction compared to LLDâs webstore(www.leluthdore.com), I thought that maybe Thomann has made a special deal with LLD (Thomann is the biggest reseller of music instruments in the world, and, because of that, they would have lower selling prices)? Today once again I went to Thomann seeking these lutes, but it seems that they are gone? I canât find them either by searching or from my bookmarked links: 1) Thomann Cantarella Renaissance Lute 7C ( https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_renaissance_lute_13.htm) 2) Thomann Cantarella Renaissance Lute 8C ( https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_renaissance_lute_15.htm) 3) Thomann Cantarella Baroque Lute 13C ( https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_baroque_lute_13c.htm) Some questions for you guys: 1. Did anyone buy one of these Lutes? 2. Has anyone contacted Thomann and asked if they are indeed the same lutes built and sold by LLD? or if they have any sort of arrangement? 3. For anyone who bought it: do you have any idea if those are similar in terms of quality to a proper LLD? One of the pictures is in czech because I often click around other countries in order to see from where, hypothetically, could I buy the cheapest. Kind Regards, Bruno Rucy --000000000000f251d90591f45748 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Dear all,</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Last October 2018 I was casually checking out if Thomann (<a href="http://www.thomann.de";>www.thomann.de</a>) had any interesting Bar! oque guitars for sale. Instead, I found a series of what seemed to be very interesting Renaissance and Baroque lutes called Thomann Cantarella (this was the first time I saw these Thomann lutes and names). They were 7 and 8 courses Renaissance and 13 courses Baroque lutes. What has surprised and interested me at the time was the fact that these lutes looked exactly as the ones built by the French company Le Luth Doré (<a href="http://www.leluthdore.com";>www.leluthdore.com</a>). </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">I have two LLD Lutes, an 8c Renaissance and a 13c Baroque one. I was really surprised when looking at these Thomann lutes because they seemingly have a very similar/maybe the same logo as my LLD one?. By very similar I mean It even looks to have the crown on top of the LLD letters. The case, varnish and overall look made me stare back and forth Thomannâs page and my own lute. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Iâm putting some pictures here so you guys can see if Iâm correct or not. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Since Thomann was selling these lutes at the time (right now they seem to be out of stock) with a couple hundred euros price reduction compared to LLDâs webstore(</span><span style="font-family:inherit;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.leluthdore.com";>www.leluthdore.com</a></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit">), I thought that maybe Thomann has made a special deal with LLD (Thomann is the biggest reseller of music instruments in the world, and, because of that, they would have lower selling prices)? </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Today once again I went to Thomann seeking these lutes, but it seems that they are gone? I canât find them either by searching or from my bookmarked links: </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">1) Thomann Cantarella Renaissance Lute 7C (<a href="https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_renaissance_lute_13.htm";>https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_renaissance_lute_13.htm</a>) </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">2) Thomann Cantarella Renaissance Lute 8C (<a href="https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_renaissance_lute_15.htm";>https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_renaissance_lute_15.htm</a>) </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">3) Thomann Cantarella Baroque Lute 13C (</span><span style="font-family:inherit;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_baroque_lute_13c.htm";>https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_cantarella_baroque_lute_13c.htm</a></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit">) </span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Some questions for you guys: </span></div></div><ol class="gmail-_1bv1" style="margin:0px 12px;padding:6px 0px 0px;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><li class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_509s gmail-_3kp_ gmail-_3kq0 gmail-_3kq1 gmail-_3kq6" style="direction:ltr;list-style-type:none;clear:both;line-height:18px;margin-left:1.5em;padding-bottom:3px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Did anyone buy one of these Lutes? </span></div></li><li class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_509s gmail-_3kp_ gmail-_3kq1 gmail-_3kq6" style="direction:ltr;list-style-type:none;clear:both;line-height:18px;margin-left:1.5em;padding-bottom:3px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Has anyone contacted Thomann and asked if they are indeed the same lutes built and sold by LLD? or if they have any sort of arrangement? </span></div></li><li class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_509s gmail-_3kp_ gmail-_3kq1 gmail-_3kq6" style="direction:ltr;list-style-type:none;clear:both;line-height:18px;margin-left:1.5em;padding-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">For anyone who bought it: do you have any idea if those are similar in terms of quality to a proper LLD? </span></div></li></ol><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">One of the pictures is in czech because I often click around other countries in order to see from where, hypothetically, could I buy the cheapest.</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><br></span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kind Regards,<br></div><div>Bruno Rucy<br></div></div></div></div></div></div> --000000000000f251d90591f45748-- -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
