I rather unexpectedly ended up in northern Europe for a short trip that starts in Amsterdam and ends in Paris. It occurred to me that the 1580 Hieber is (was?) in the museum in Brussels, which is on the way. Does anyone know if the Hieber lute is currently in a publicly-viewable part of the museum?
I think there might also be a Hoffman there, and another one in Paris. Same question applies: are these lutes public, or are they in some basement somewhere being preserved or repaired etc? Any other recommendations on where to go lute-watching in Amsterdam, Brussels, or Paris? I've got about a week and don't have time to go to Vienna, but I'd like to see whatever I can in the few cities I will be visiting. Thanks, Michael To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
