Re: Gibson Tenor Lute
I bought one, in better shape than this but far from mint. It had its original case.
I paid about $1K for it, mainly for rarity -- Lloyd Loar's less-than-great idea -- and I enjoy its sweet sound tuned CGDA like a tenor banjo. I don't play it much.
Whoever buys this one, I hope keeps it as a tenor lute, and doesn't transmogrify it into a mandola or a canoe paddle. Never gonna be a major instrument in the world of mandolin-esque instruments, but it is what it is, and I hope stays what it is.
Allen Hopkins
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