Lute? Where to buy and learn?

While you may get lucky on ebay, the right place to look, not surprisingly, is at Luthiers... classical guitar makers and repairers can be found all over the country, and somewhere among them you will find something affordable.

Check this link: http://www.maui.net/~rtadaki/luthierlist.html

As for learning, there's a lot of sources.

Here's a good beginner's course:

http://john.redmood.com/lutebeginner.html

Good luck and have fun!

Someone who maked lutes is called a "luthier". Google it, and you'll find some, I'm sure.

Some university music programs offer lute as an instrument for study. You can at mine, for example, the University of North Texas.

Ebay

go to lute .com