Hire Renaissance lute

7 courses covers most of the Renaissance lute repertoire for Dowland with the exception of a few pieces in 8 and 9 courses (according to the complete works by Dowland by Lam). For new students this year hiring a lute at £35 per month gets around the initial outlay of buying a lute to study on. 

Apart from the wide range of student lutes at www.jminstruments.com there are specialist affordable instruments for the experienced lute player who wants to explore a niche area of lute music but not have to spend a fortune just to do so. Below is the student Mandora / Galichon:

To order £1305 + case(from £420)

Listen to it here being played at the Greenwich EMF 2014