[LUTE] old lutes

2007-12-08 Thread David Tayler
Just retension the soundboard, and at the same time say which notes you would like to better, and a skilled luthier can do this, and it will sound better than a new one. I have a theorbo from 1983 from Klaus that has been retensioned twice and the sound is the most interesting. dt To get on

[LUTE] Old lutes...

2007-12-07 Thread wikla
Dear lutenists, I just found out that all my lutes seem to be quite old - from 1986 - 2003. The earlier ones were mainly made by S. Barber, see http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/mylutes.html Should I think the knowledge and skill of making lutes today is much better? Especially Stephen,