Musicians

• Marc Lewon - lutenist, musicologist. German scholar. Marc Lewon's ensemble - Dulce Melos.
• Vladimir Kaminik - baroque guitar and classical guitar, Russia (Russian)
• Christian Zimmermann. - Interpretation of Renaissance and Baroque Lute-Music
• Ralf Jarchow - Info zur Person und den Programmen
• Axel Wolf - Laute - Gitarre -Theorbe
• Thomas Schall - Lautenist, Germany
• Oud-Seite von Astrid Tauchmann-Mark
• Lutz Kichhof - Germany, lute
• Jan Grueter - Germany, baroque lute, chitarrone, theorboe, baroque guitar
• Joachim Klingenfuss - Germany, lutes, theorbo, vihuela
• Jeff Lee - USA, singing, lute, recorder, tabor pipe
• Arto Wikla - Finland, lutes, theorbo, chitarrino
• Raphaella Smits - Belgium, classical guitar
• Andreas Schlegel - Switzerland, lute, guitar
• Tom Berghan - USA, lute
• Diego Cantalupi - Italy, lute, theorbo, baroque guitar
• Ben Salfield - Lutenist, and prime mover behind the Belle Music Management agency
• Luca Chiavinato - Italy, lutes, theorbo
• Wayne Cripps - USA, lute, tabulature typesetting
• August Denhard - USA, theorbo
• Carl Donsbach - USA, lute, viol, guitar, composition
• Roland Ferrandi - France, lute, theorbo, baroque guitar, cittern
• Donatella Galletti - Italy, lute, theorbo, guitar
• Lars Johannesson - Sweden, USA, baroque flute, flutes, festival managing
• Jacob Lindberg - Leading Swedish lutenist, professor at the Royal College of Music in London
• Todd Michel McComb - USA, music history, CD-lists, FAQ of r.m.e
  
  
• Jean-Marie Poirier - France, lute and other early plucked strings
• Anthony Purnell - UK, recorders, windcap reeds, harpsichord, lute and baroque guitar
• Juan Carlos Rivera - Spain, vihuela, theorbo, baroque quitar
• Salvatore Salvaggio - USA, classical guitar, 19th century guitar, baroque guitar, cittern and renaissance/baroque lutes
• Chris Smith - USA, musicology, guitar
• Hopkinson Smith - Switzerland, (USA), vihuela, lute, theorbo, renaissance and baroque guitars and baroque lute
• Michael Stitt - Australia, lute, theorbo
• Carlo Stringhi - Italy, lutes, therbo, renaissance and baroque guitar
• Oleg Timofeyev - USA, guitar, lute, musicology
• Brigitte Zaczek - Austria, lutes, theorbo, guitar
• Markus Zahnhausen - Germany, recorder, composing
• Sven Åberg - Sweden, lutes
• Klaus Beirich - Germany
• Andrea Damiani
• Beate Dittmann - Germany
• Andreas Düker - Germany
• Eduardo Figueroa
• Christoph Greuter - Czechia
• Rosemary Hodgson
• Kónya István - Hungary
• Richard Labschütz
• Jakob Lindberg (2)
• Stefan Lundgren - Germany
• Mortaro Marcello - Italy
• Federico Marincola
• Ronn McFarlane
  
• Ingo Negwer - Germany
• Sven Schwannberger
• Hopkinson Smith
• Ulrich Sommerrock - Germany
• Claudio Tumeo - Italy
• Matthew Wadsworth
  

Strings


• Aquila Strings
• La Bella Strings
• Pyramid Saiten - Stimmpfeifenfabrik, Junger GmbH
• House of Musical Traditions
• JustStrings
• Kelischek Workshop
• Kyle Music
• MusicStrings
• saitenkatalog.de
• Stringmail
• Matthias Wagner
• AquilaUSA
• Damian Dlugolecki
• Gamut Musical Strings
• Bernd Kuerschner
• Savarez Musique - Cordes Harmoniques
• Sofracob
• Giuseppe Tumiati

Early instruments makers

• Steven Sorli - Lautenwerk and harpsichords.
• Alexander Batov - luthier. Vihuelas and lutes.
• Marcello Armand-Pilon - maker of renaissance and baroque lutes, archlutes , theorboes and baroque guitars
• Gerhard Bos - lutemaker
• Paolo Busato - lutes, etc.
• José Angel Espejo - Lute maker based in Madrid
• David van Edwards - British lutemaker and bowmaker, based in Norwich.
• Wolfgang Emmerich, lutemaker
• Stephen Gottlieb, lute maker
• Stephen Murphy - lute maker now based in France
• Andreas v. Holst, lutemaker
• Martin Shepherd - British maker, player and teacher, History of the lute
• Alexander Hopkins, luthier
• Bernhard Kresse, 19th century guitars
• Renatus Lechner, Lauten & Gitarrenbau
• Anna Radice - plucked string instruments
• Merion David Attwood - Instrument Maker- Viola da Gamba,Violins and Bows
• Eric Stefanelli - facture de luths
• George Stevens - maker of lutes, guitars and early harps
• Grant Tomlinson - lutemaker
• Oliver Wadsworth, early plucked instruments: members of the lute family and early guitars
• Matthias Wagner - lute and guitar making, string distribution
• Guitarworkshop Kurt Decorte - restoration and conservation of original 19th century guitars
• The Lute Page New Lutes If you click on these images you can see them enlarged!
• Lute makersutes - vihuelas, baroque guitars, archlutes, chitarroni, theorbos, orpharions, bandoras, citterns.
• http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/ - STRINGS: Original types of strings and string sets for all Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical instruments INSTRUMENTS: Lutes, viols, citterns (plus bandora and orpharion), early guitars, rebecs, etc. VARNISHING MATERIALS: Pine-resinvarnishes (clear and coloured), Rosin Oils, Stand Oil, etc. SCHOLARLY RESEARCH into the History and Technology of: Strings, instruments, performance (including standards of pitch and tempo), etc.
• Lutes and other plucked string instruments. - Giuseppe Tumiati the Lutemaker's workshop
• The Guild of American Luthiers
• Richard's List of Notable American Luthiers
• Luthiers Around the World
• Bernd Holzgruber - Austria
• Karl Kirchmeyr - Austria
  
• Juan Muzio - Argentina
• Arnold Black - AU
• Ian Watchorn - AU
• Renzo Salvador - Belgium
  
• Anselmus - Switzerland
• Jorge Sentieiro - Switzerland
  
• Frank-Peter Dietrich - Germany
• Achim-Peter Gropius - Germany
• Armin & Mario Gropp - Germany
• F. Kruger - Germany
• Urs Langenbacher - Germany
• Ivo Magherini - Germany
• Marcus Wesche - Germany
• Caroline Zillmann & Steffen Milbradt - Germany
  
• Ander Arroitajuaregi Aranburu - Spain
• Jose Luis - Spain
• Knud Sindt - Spain
• AiliA - France
• Gwendal le Corre - France
• Didier Jarny - France
• Romanek Tihamér - Hungary
• Vincenzo Cipriani - Italy
• Liuteria d'insieme - Italy
• Marco Salerno - Italy
• Akihiko Yamashita - Japan
• John van Gool - Holland
• Bert Kwakkel - Holland
• Anton Wiegers - Holland
• Martin de Witte - Holland
• Szymon Gasienica - Poland
• Lõrinczi György - Romania
• Michail Fedchenko - Russia
  
• Chris Allen & Sabina Kormylo - England
• Alexander Batov - England
• Lawrence K Brown - England
• Antony Dixon - England
• The Early Music Shop - England
• Hendrik Hasenfuss - England
• Tom A. Johnson - England
• Edward B Jones - England
  
• John Butterfield - USA
• Daniel Larson - USA
• Cezar Mateus - USA
• Michael Thames - USA
• George Wilson - USA