Renaissance Lutes, Baroque Lutes, ArchLutes, Theorbos and Chitarrones
6 course lute
Based on the lute depicted in "The Ambassadors", painted in 1533 by Hans Holbein. String length 58 cm. Tuned in g’. 11 Ribs in maple. Neck veneered with boxwood, the pegs are stained boxwood.
6 course bass lute
Based on a anonymous painting from ca. 1540 (Flemish school). String length 72 cm. Tuned in d’. 9 Ribs in plum. Boxwood veneered neck.
7 course descant lute
After Wendelio Venere. String length 44 cm. Tuned in d’’. Yew 19 ribs.
8 course lute
After Wendilio Venere, 1592. Yew 25 ribs.
8 course lute
After Wendilio Venere, 1592. String length 59 cm. Tuned in g’. Yew 17 ribs.
8 course bass lute
Originally the same instrument as the 6 course bass lute (above), but with courses added and other modifications in 1600 style. String length 72 cm. Tuned in d’. Maple 9 ribs. Tuning pegs: plum with tagua nut decoration.
10 course Lute
After Hans Frei. String length 62 cm. 11 ribs of ”birdseye” maple. Neck ebony / bone.
11 course baroque lute
After Greiff, 1610. String length 68 cm. 41 Ribs of yew.
11 course baroque lute
After Greiff. String length 65 cm. 31 Ribs of yew.
13 course baroque lute
After Hoffmann. String length 70 / 76 cm. 11 Ribs of maple with ebony spacers.
13 course Baroque lute
After Burkholzer, 1596. String length 69 cm. 15 Ribs of yew with black spacers.
13 course Baroque Lute
After Tieffenbrucker (original archlute). String length 68 cm. / 72, 77, 82, 87 cm. 31 Ribs of yew.
13 course Baroque Lute
After Hoffmann, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg. String length 71 cm. / 90 cm. 9 Ribs of maple, neck is veneered with ebony, the head is stained pear.
Liuto attiorbato
After Choc (?), 1630. String length 7 x 58 cm. / 7 x 84 cm. 15 Ribs of grenadil.
14 Course Chitarrone
After Tieffenbrucker, 1611. String length 76 / 150 cm. 27 Ribs yew. Neck ebony / bone.
Chitarrone
After Matheus Buechenberg, Rome, 1614. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. String length 7 x 89 cm. / 7 x 170 cm. 41 ribs of yew. Neck: ebony / snakewood / bone.
