"My friend and fellow countryman Miguel Serdoura recently introduced me to a Le Luth Doré® 8c Renaissance lute, as well as to the philosophy behind the initiative. I was already quite pleased with the objectives proposed and the fact that every essential historical principle in lute building was respected. But what truly convinced me was the actual result: the looks and the sound of this instruments is quite beautiful. It is surprisingly bright, clear, direct-sounding and frankly one of the easiest lutes to play I’ve ever tried. Everything one would not expect from a inexpensive student instrument. In short, I would willingly use it myself in more than a few situations! I cannot help but applaud the realization of an idea we had all probably expressed and hoped for, but that only now has finally been taken into form. Thanks to these inexpensive, yet reliable instruments, Le Luth Doré® will definitely and essentially make the lute and its music more accessible to children and youngsters and that in a very pleasant way." 

Ricardo Leitão Pedro, Portuguese professional lutenist. | Former lute student of Eugène Ferré at the CNSM of Lyon, France, and Crawford Young at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel, Switzerland.

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