A Chinese lute that requires virtuosic technique to master its intricate and delicate tonality. Let's see Sting try and wrap his fat fingers around this one ... What is it? A kind of Chinese lute.

There are only a handful of lute makers in Canada — and four reside in British Columbia. Grant Tomlinson and Travis Carey are two of them, and they work side-by-side in a Vancouver workshop. Tomlinson ...

Lutenist John Edwards likens the way the sound of a lute draws in an audience to the way an art enthusiast can be mesmerized by the most minute detail of a renaissance painting. “It’s got a quiet, ...