> I have been considering the purchase, sight-unseen, of a used (almost
> new) vihuela. When I contacted the builder to ask him about it, he said,
I'd be careful. My subjective impression is the vihuela repertoire
is linked closely to the sound of the instrument.
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Also, think of the re-sell...
might be difficult with an instrument like this.
My two cents!
Benjamin
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It sounds as though you didn't get the answer you were expecting!
Presumably you called this builder because you trust his judgement.
If he's well-known to turn out very high-quality lutes, I would take
him at his word. When he says he "can't recommend it," that's not
necessarily secret
Chris,
Without saying anything about this instrument itself, let me say that the
builder's situation is not that all unusual.
It goes like this: I build instruments. I have my own ideas about what I
want to build and how I want to build it.
The client says "Oh I love that instr
Chris,
The Builder is probably right (what an honest person!), that instrument does
indeed look like a guitar. I have played in some vihuelas and they are quite
small in size. Particularly the vihuelas from Lourdes Uncilla (Spain)
although small, have a very strong sound. But the main point here i
Well, the obvious thing would be to ask the seller to send you an mp3 of
something played on the instrument - then you could make your own
judgement of the sound. If it sounds good to you, buy it.
I suspect the builder does have a narrow view of the correct sound of a
vihuela - not to say that his
