"For a long time the aggravation involved in buying a lute has been the hardest part for beginners. One had to wait years for a brand-new instrument, or at least many months until find a good and reliable second-hand lute. Also, most beginners hesitate to invest vast amounts of money and time to "unknown" instruments.

Le Luth Doré ® makes the lutes accessible to those who wish to touch and play the lute, regardless of the level of knowledge or technique they have.

The LLD ® Molinaro 8c Renaissance lute model is perfect for beginners in many aspects; price, accessibility [easy to pay online!], size, nut width, weight and light but durable case."

Tomoko Koide, professional Japanese lutenist

Tomoko Koide started to play the guitar at the age of fourteen.
She won 2nd prize at G.L.C. Student Guitar Competition and was a finalist at San-International Guitar Competition.

Soon after graduated from Doshisha University she started studying lute and lute songs with Kenji Sano, Mamiko Hirai, Takashi Tsunoda, Mutsumi Hatano and Paul O'Dette, as well as theorbo and continuo with Evangelina Mascardi.

Tomoko Koide works also on the music for "Moomins stories" for the last 15 years.

Tomoko Koide, Japanese professional lutenist

http://koidelute.jp