I'm thinking of buying a bouzouki from a local dealer - the instrument sounds fantastic, looks superb and I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. So I phone the guy and say I want it, and he says there's a small cosmetic crack in the instrument and it's away being fixed.

So should I buy it? Anyone else know if this will effect the long-term structural integrity of the instrument?

I must stress I havn't seen the instrument and the dealer assures me he didn't have to declare the crack, and I wouldn't have noticed it once fixed. I also own two instuments made by this luthier and I really love them.

Opinions gratfully received.