:: Painstaking research, in the field and in the workshop, and lutebuilding proper are constantly evolving processes for me and, after some 25 years of ‘work in progress’, still quite stimulating.
The models I have been developing along the way are the result of careful study of historical instruments which can 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 luteplayer in terms of sound 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 present work, but is in no way a limiting one. If you have other requests and ideas I shall be very happy to discuss them together.