Links

Lute Lists - email forums for all things concerning lutes. The usual list is the lute list. Subscribe to a list by putting the word 'subscribe' on the first line of your email to any of these addresses:

cittern-request@cs.dartmouth.edu English Guittars are covered by this forum

other email groups are to be found on Yahoo - they show up on Google.

The Lute Society web pages. Administrator Christopher Goodwin, email address lutesoc@aol.com
The Lute Society of America
Wayne's Lute Page A comprehensive site, pictures of old and new lutes, information on buying a lute, links and plenty more - the LSA page and the Lute Archives are here
Lute Archives ftp://ftp.cs.dartmouth.edu/pub/lute an ftp source of lute music
Arto Wikla's Music Page - Another comprehensive site of links, pictures, string tension calculator, technique etc. from Helsinki
Kenneth Sparr's Home Page, from Sweden, an interesting site about lutes in general and lutes in Sweden - good lute links
Lute Strings names, addresses, URL's of, and comments about, the suppliers of lute strings, by Carl Donsbach

CIMCIM - (acronym from the French for) The International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums & Collections. Interesting pages on this website include:

'Copies of Historic Instruments' - a set of papers about reproducing musical instruments

Web home pages of CIMCIM members' museums - all of which have musical instrument collections

The University of Edinburgh Collection of Historical Musical Instruments - drawings of instruments in the collection are for sale here - one lute and several guitars, including a Panormo
The Early Music Shop - Bradford, Yorkshire. Part of what is possibly the largest music shop in Europe, the EMS sells instruments and music, has a knowledgable, friendly staff and occasionally, a lute or two by me
Fellowship of Makers & Researchers of Historical Instruments - Gives contents of journals still in print
The Galpin Society - Dedicated to the study of musical instruments. The page includes the complete contents pages of the Journal (from the very first number to 1948) - details of publications available, etc.
Guild Of American Luthiers - USA based, international group dedicated to exchanging information about musical instrument making. They publish Historical Lute Construction by Robert Lundberg, Quarterly Publication, American Lutherie
Cittern Group - Cittern players and builders, includes English Guittar
Joachim Tielke - Hamburg luthier, 1641-1719, a very detailed website of this makers output
Hide Glue Faq - from rec.woodworking - I am pleased to find another fan of hot hide glue, although I have not found a need to strain my glue and I make it up in much smaller batches
MIM Forum An excellent communication site for musical instrument makers
Kingham 'Made to Measure' Case Company - Fine quality cases
Newsgroups - rec.music.makers.builders and rec.music.early

The Dubious Bros.
The Malmesbury Concert Band
The BJ Big Band
The 4014 Project Keeping Music Live and Local in Malmesbury, Tetbury and Minety
Soup's Page F. Austin Walter, Professor, Conductor and Friend at Rutgers University, NJ, USA

Are here so I can find them when I'm away