Lutes
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Marcello Armand-Pilon
Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorboes and baroque guitars. Instruments are built upon original historical models surviving in Museums and collections.Website: Marcello Armand-Pilon -
Sebastián Núñez
Makers of fine early musical instruments including Lutes, Vihuelas, Early Guitars & Harpsichords. Specialized restorers of historical guitars.Website: Sebastián Núñez -
Jiri Cepelak
Lute maker offering a variety of styles of lutes to choose from.Website: Jiri Cepelak -
Arthur Robb
Located in the UK, Arthur Robb makes lutes and guitars as well as restore older instruments and perform repairs.Website: Arthur Robb -
Paolo Busato
Maker of renaissance and baroque lutes, archlutes, theorboes and baroque guitars.Website: Paolo Busato -
John Butterfield
Lutes made from the best materials available including European pear and plum, snakewood, Madagascar ebony, birdseye maple, figured English ash, holly, Honduran rosewood and mahogany, palisander, and Pacific Northwest yew. Roses and bridges are carved by hand and John Butterfield turns his own pegs from rosewood, plum, or boxwood. Nuts are made from bone, African blackwood, or lignum vitae.Website: John Butterfield -
Candelas Guitars
Candelas' wondrously handcrafted 12-stringed Guitar Lutes are custom made and handcrafted with cedar tops, mahogany necks as well as Indian Rosewood and Maple strips on the back belly. The bridge is made with rosewood. Fretboards are made of ebony.Website: Candelas Guitars -
Larson Workshop
Larson Workshop makes a variety of renaissance lutes and guitars.Website: Larson Workshop -
Ivo Magherini
Maker of lutes models that have been developed from careful study of available historical instruments able to reveal sufficient reliable information about inner construction and creative concept. Only a handful of the instruments are true copies of the historical models which inspired them, but all try to be true to the original creative and contructional concepts.Website: Ivo Magherini -
George Stevens
Maker of lutes typically contains 6 - 8 different types of wood. This has a direct and beneficial influence on the balance and functionality of the instrument and is intended also to be visually pleasing. Models include 6,7, or 8 course, 9, 10, or 11 course, tenor, and bass lutes.Website: George Stevens -
JM Instruments
JM Instruments offers a variety of lutes including baroque lutes, renaissance lutes, and student lutes.Website: JM Instruments -
Stephen Gottlieb
Stephen Gottlieb is a maker of many styles of lutes. Models included 6 course, 7 & 8 course, 10 course, 11 course, 13 course lutes, archlutes, as well as custom built lutes.Website: Stephen Gottlieb -
Lutemakers
Lutemakers Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris make a range of instruments of the lute family, including renaissance lutes and baroque lutes, along with archlutes, theorbos, and chitarroni. Also specializes in building baroque guitars, renaissance guitars, and vihuelas of all types, including fluted-back vihuelas.Website: Lutemakers -
Martin Shepherd
Makers of handcrafted lutes. View a list of models in their lute catalog.Cheshire UKWebsite: Martin Shepherd -
Ken Brodkey
Ken Brodkey offers many styles of lutes including renaissance lutes, baroque lutes, archlutes, and theorbos.Website: Ken Brodkey -
Malcolm Prior
Malcolm Prior is a lute maker located in Norwich England. Offers 6 to 13 course lutes, archlutes and theorboes.Norfolk ENGLANDWebsite: Malcolm Prior -
Stephen Murphy Lutes
Stephen Murphy has been making lutes in Mollans sur Ouvèze in the north of Provence since 1977. Instruments include Renaissance Lutes, Baroque Lutes, Archlute, and Theorboes.Website: Stephen Murphy Lutes -
Music Outfitters, Inc.
Music Outfitters, Inc. is a distributor of a variety of lutes.134 N. 1st Ave EWebsite: Music Outfitters, Inc.
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Schreiner Lutes
Michael Schreiner builds a small number of lutes and period guitars each year. Offers various styles of lutes including baroque, renaissance, theorbos, 10 course, and archlutes.Website: Schreiner Lutes -
Grant Tomlinson
Lutemaker offering Renaissance and Baroque Lutes. Generally uses the same materials as those found on surviving lutes.Website: Grant Tomlinson -
David Van Edwards
David Van Edwards offers 56 types of standard lutes as well as custom built lutes.Norfolk EnglandWebsite: David Van Edwards -
Wardsworth Lutes
Wardsworth Lutes based in Worcester, England is the maker of lutes, early guitars and related instruments.Website: Wardsworth Lutes -
Gerhard Bos
Gerhard Bos is a maker of 7 or 8 course lutes, student lutes, theorbos, and harps.Website: Gerhard Bos
