:: Painstaking research, in the field and in the workshop, and lutebuilding proper are for me constantly evolving processes and, after nearly three decades of ‘work in progress’, still quite stimulating.
The models I have been developing along the way result from careful study of available historical instruments able to reveal sufficient reliable information about inner construction and creative concept. These results are then tempered with the experience gathered over the years in order to try and satisfy both my own expectations – I, too, was an 'amateur' musician for quite some time – and the needs of a modern lute player in terms of sound quality and playability.
Only a handful of my instruments are true copies of the historical models which inspired them, but all try to be true to the original creative and contructional concepts. The following list represents the more significant part of my work, but is in no way a limiting one. If you have other queries and ideas I shall be very happy to discuss them together.