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  • 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. Lute 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, and offer Indian rosewood and maple strips on the back belly. The bridge is made of rosewood. Fretboards are made of ebony.
    Website: Candelas Guitars

  • Ivo Magherini

    Maker of lutes that have been developed from careful study of available historical instruments. 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

    UK maker of lutes typically containing 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

  • Stephen Gottlieb

    Stephen Gottlieb is a maker of many styles of lutes. Models included 6 course, 7 and 8 course, 10 course, 11 course and 13 course models, archlutes and custom built lutes.
    Website: Stephen Gottlieb

  • Lutemakers

    Lutemakers Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris make a range of instruments, including renaissance and baroque lutes, along with archlutes, theorbos and chitarroni. They also specialize in building baroque guitars, renaissance guitars, and vihuelas of all types, including fluted-back vihuelas.
    Website: Lutemakers

  • 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, Archlutes and Theorboes.
    Website: Stephen Murphy Lutes

  • Schreiner Lutes

    Michael Schreiner builds a small number of lutes and period guitars each year. He offers various styles of lutes including baroque, renaissance, theorbos, 10 course and archlutes.
    Website: Schreiner Lutes

  • Grant Tomlinson

    Lute maker offering Renaissance and Baroque Lutes. Generally uses the same materials as those found on surviving lutes.
    Website: Grant Tomlinson

  • 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 and Harpsichords. Specialized restorers of historical guitars.
    Website: Sebastián Núñez

  • Arthur Robb

    Located in the UK, Arthur Robb makes lutes and guitars, as well as restoring older instruments and repairs.
    Website: Arthur Robb

  • Ken Brodkey

    Ken Brodkey offers many styles of lutes, including renaissance and baroque lutes, archlutes and theorbos.
    Website: Ken Brodkey

  • JM Instruments

    JM Instruments offers a variety of lutes, including baroque, renaissance and student models.
    Website: JM Instruments

  • Larson Workshop

    Larson Workshop makes a variety of renaissance lutes and guitars.
    Website: Larson Workshop

  • Malcolm Prior

    Malcolm Prior is a lute maker located in Norwich England. Malcolm offers 6 to 13 course lutes, archlutes and theorboes.
    Norfolk ENGLAND
    Website: Malcolm Prior

  • Gerhard Bos

    Gerhard Bos is a maker of 7 or 8 course lutes, student lutes, theorbos and harps.
    Website: Gerhard Bos

  • David Van Edwards

    David Van Edwards offers 56 types of standard lutes, as well as custom built instruments.
    Norfolk England
    Website: David Van Edwards

  • Paolo Busato

    Maker of renaissance and baroque lutes, archlutes, theorboes and baroque guitars.
    Website: Paolo Busato

  • Wardsworth Lutes

    Wardsworth Lutes, based in Worcester, England, is the maker of lutes, early guitars and related instruments.
    Website: Wardsworth Lutes

  • Jiri Cepelak

    Lute maker offering a variety of styles to choose from.
    Website: Jiri Cepelak

  • Martin Shepherd

    Makers of handcrafted lutes. View a list of models in their lute catalog.
    Cheshire UK
    Website: Martin Shepherd

  • Music Outfitters, Inc.

    Music Outfitters, Inc. is a distributor of a variety of lutes.
    134 N. 1st Ave E
    Ely, MN 55731
    Website: Music Outfitters, Inc.
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