Looking for a Lute!

Subject: Looking for a Lute!
From: sadie damascus
Date: 16 Mar 03 - 06:02 PM

I want to buy one or trade a beautiful 4' glass didgeridoo in its case (worth $500 or so) for a lute. Okay if it needs some repairs.
(I am posting this for Minstrel Ned, one3 of my other halves).

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: Inükshük
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 08:20 AM

I have a lute shaped guitar, (looks like a lute, plays like a classical guitar)crafted by a local luthier. Rich, deep tone. Perfect condition. I live in Ontario, Canada, and would sell the instrument for $500. If you are interested at all, let me know and I will send you pictures and more details.

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 09:58 AM

You might want to contact Elderly Instruments, or Lark in the Morning. I don't offhand know the URL for Lark, but Elderly I believe is to be found at www.elderly.com

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 11:13 AM

If you cannot find a good one, I have found that it is no more expensive to have a custom built instrument from a master luthier, such as Nick Appolonion, than it does to buy a commercial instrument from a dealer. It's a matter of middlemen [OK, middlepersons].

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 11:14 AM

That should be Nick Appolonio, in Maine.

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: GUEST,Claymore
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 11:19 AM

Inukshuk, Give me a call:

Don Moore, Home(304) 876-0215 or Work [phone] or
            Email: [e-mail]

I would be real interested in hearing more about the lute guitar,

Thanks, Claymore

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: Sam L
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 05:41 PM

I have a lute I'm not playing, but will have to get back to you after thinking about it. It's not excellent, I've played some I liked much better, so I'm not sure it would be good economics, my sentimental attachment to it, vs. it's value to anyone. I'd have to decide I'm not going to play it again.

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 06:06 PM

For more info, try these:

Internet Lute Society
http://www.internetlutesociety.com/

The Lute Society of America
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/index.html

The Lute Society (U.K.)
http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/

Some links pages:

http://home.clara.net/brucebrook/links.htm

http://www.wadsworth-lutes.co.uk/links.htm

http://www.lutyst.dircon.co.uk/links.htm

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 06:12 PM

There also seem to be some Yahoo discussion groups HERE

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 17 Mar 03 - 06:22 PM

If you're having trouble pasting in the links above, I found them on the BRITISH Google (google.co.uk) by typing in lute+society.

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: Don Firth
Date: 18 Mar 03 - 01:52 PM

Good lutes for various prices HERE.

Happy pickin'!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: M'Grath of Altcar
Date: 18 Mar 03 - 08:04 PM

Look in The Loot!!!!

(british second hand stuff magazine)

Subject: RE: Looking for a Lute!
From: sadie damascus
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 04:10 AM

Thanks, folks. I have forwarded your suggestions on to Ned, who will pick up his email the next time he passes a library. We were hoping that someone would want the beautiful didgeridoo! Apparently he can't afford to feed both instruments.

Sadie Damascus