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Lists of lutes for sale and wanted and advice on buying a lute, auction houses
Lists of lute makers
Lute building: suppliers of books, plans, lutebuilders discussion fora, courses
Lute strings and other supplies: Strings, dealers and manufacturers, cases, tuning meters, straps, lute building supplies
Historical lutes in museums: catalogues and websites
Lists of teachers
Lists of college and conservatories and competitions
Lists of teaching materials: online courses, tutor books, anthologies of easy pieces
Lists of summer schools and residential courses
Lists of one-day events with advice on organising playing days
List of Lute Societies and related societies
Frequently asked questions, hints, tips and technical advice, alphabetical by topic
Lute history webpages
Historical literature about the lute
Modern printed books about the lute, bibliographies
Academic journals periodicals and theses
Miscellanea, films, fiction, humour poetry etc
Museums and galleries websites
Recording companies and specialist websites and CD listings and reviews website
Private and institutional websites with downloadable tablature
Specialist repertoire websites, and online catalogues
List of sheet music publishers of tablature, with websites, and lists of music in print
Annotated catalogue of historical printed sources of tablature, by date of publication
Annotated catalogue of historical lute manuscripts of tablature, by probable decade of first use
Individual lute composers: dedicated websites, information and collected editions
Lists of contemporary repertoire
List of contemporary composers’ websites and modern revival pioneers pages
Renaissance and baroque guitar
Vihuela de mano and Viola da mano
Mandora, colachon, or gallichon
Torban or Ruthenian theorbo