Arthur Robb - Luthier

Thank you for visiting. Here in Wiltshire, England, I have been a luthier since 1974.
I make lutes and guitars, restore older instruments and do repairs for local musicians.
Click on any picture on the website for a larger version.

Please visit the lute catalogue for full information about types and prices.

lute

Lute Catalogue & Information
Prices & Pictures

Restorations

french guitar English Guitar

I have had the opportunity to work on musical instruments made in the 18th and 19th century. This webpage is a photographic record of some of those restorations. Above an early 19th century French guitar and English guittar dated 1757.

Guitar and Lute Repairs

Information and pictures

broken lute broken guitar

Musical Instrument Plans

Full size plans for:
2 Renaissance Lutes
5 Guitars
Octave Mandola
2 Dulcimers
2 Psalteries
and an Æolian Harp.

Custom Made Musical Instruments

Instruments made to customers' specifications. Recently:
A short string length classical guitar and a left handed lute

Instruments For Sale

Instruments, new and used,
for sale and in the workshop now

Assistance for Lute Makers

Information to help makers who have purchased my
7 and 8 course Lute Plan. Much of what is here
will be of use to any novice lute maker.

Conservation, Ecology and Musical Instruments

Makers need information to help make decisions
about materials, sustainability and
conservation. This page gives reliable
and up to date information.

History and Revival of the Lute

Origins of the lute, it's 500 year history in Europe,
it's decline and the revival 20th and 21st centuries.

Links

Lute Links - Musical Instrument Making Links

The Appalachian Dulcimer Page and The Æolian Harp Page

My Own Music Making
The Dubious Bros.
The Malmesbury Concert Band
The 4014 Project
Keeping Music Live and Local in Malmesbury, Tetbury and Minety
Tribute to F. Austin Walter
University professor , conductor and friend

email art@art-robb.co.uk
Website created August 22, 1996
moved to new domain November 2003
www.art-robb.co.uk
Web site created on an iMAC
by Arthur Robb
Last Revision March 23, 2008