Michael Thames
Luthier
LINKS
You'll find many more links throughout the website beyond those mentioned
here. Keep checking as I will continue to build on this page.
GUITAR SITES:
(Interesting site on 19th century guitars) http://home.houston.rr.com/verrett/erg/erg/guitars.htm
(Great prices and great selection of strings)http://www.stringsbymail.com/
(Information about Hauser) http://www.hauserguitars.com/english/docs/galerie.htm#
(Guitar Foundation of America)http://www.guitarfoundation.org/
(Alternative for broken nails)http://www.guitarplayernails.com
(James Westbrook's very informative site and wonderful collection of 19th Century guitars as well as some
autographed Sor manuscripts) http://www.theguitarmuseum.com
(OMI faxsimile copies of guitar and lute manuscripts. Large inventory of
just about everything avialable.) http://www.omifacsimiles.com/
(Fascinating history of multi-stringed guitars) http://harpguitars.net/index.htm
LUTE SITES:
Michel Cardin has recorded the entire London Manuscript, twelve volumes,
the music of S.L. Weiss.
CDs are available through him -- highly recommended. Some of the best Lute music ever recorded.http://www.umoncton.ca/facarts/musique/cardin/
(Lots of lute information)http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/InstrMakers.html
(Lute & Guitar cases) http://www.kingham.co.uk/
(Fascinating site on Weiss) http://www.slweiss.com/an_index.html
(French Lute Society) http://perso.wanadoo.fr/soc.fr.luth/index.g.html
(Instrument Plans) http://www.luth.org/hot.htm#label6
(A site featuring hand-made gut and nylgut strings for historical instruments
as well as modern guitar strings-- high recommended) http://www.aquilacorde.com
MUSIC DOWNLOADS:
(Lute editions of Bach by Hopkinson Smith)http://www.utorpheus.com/collane/bachsmith.php?l=ing&PHPSESSID=90be403d70bd1e4b00e6abe038b21fa8
(Thomas Schall's website)http://cms.tslaute.de/index.php?id=53&type=1
(Download ALL the works of Weiss as well as other lute composers in tablature
and musical notation) http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jdf.luth/Weiss.html
MISCELLANEOUS:
http://www.buffalogalbunkhouse.com/index.html (BEST!! B&B in Taos)