Instruments can
be built with minimal decoration, or decorated
as appropriate to the prevailing styles of the
different periods & makers. There is a large
range of makers, materials, designs decoration
and stringing, all of which is discussed when
ordering. Detailed drawings are prepared for
approval before work commences.
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5,
6, 7 & 9 Course Lutes |
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15th
- 16th century, after Frei, Gerle, Graill, Hartung,
Hieber, Maler, Stegher, Tieffenbrucker, Wenere,
etc, as well as iconographical reconstructions
as required in the following sizes:
Treble/alto; a"/g" lute; tenor; Bass; Great Bass. |
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10
- 13 Course Lutes |
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17th
- 18th century, after Edlinger, Frei, Gedler,
Hoffmann, Maler, Tieffenbrucker, Koch, Sellas
Schelle, Tielke, Wenere, Weigert, Widhalm, etc. |
13 Course Lute by
Ian Watchorn after Joachim Tielke, Hamburg,
ca.1696.
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11
- 14 Course Theorbos |
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Double,
single or mixed stringing; 17th - 18th century,
after Alban, Buchenberg, Edlinger, Frei, Gedler,
Graill, Hoffmann, Koch, Maler, Railich, Schelle,
Sellas, Tieffenbrucker, Tielke VVenere, Widhalm,
etc
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Liuto Attiorbato: (55
- 58 cm playing stringlength) |
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Archlute: (61
- 65 cm playing stringlength) |
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German Theorbo: (13
- 14 course in D-minor tuning) |
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French (solo) theorbo: (69
- 76 cm playing stringlength) |
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Fully fitted hardshell case. |
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Large Continuo Theorbo: (82
- 88 cm playing stringlength) |
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Theorbos
& Archlutes |
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After originals by Burkholzer
and Sellas, this instrument has 6 double courses
on the fingerboard and 8 single diapasons. It
can also be strung singly with either 6+8, 7+7
or 7+8 configurations for both solo and ensemble
playing
Back of maple with ebony spacers,
belly of European spruce, black varnished beech
neck and pegbox, fruitwood pegs.
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7-Course Lute
after Hieber, Venice, 1595 |
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Back
of 13 ribs of alternating maple and cherry with
ebony spacers, pine belly and cherry neck, pegbox
& pegs. The rose design of this instrument is
based on an instrument by Schelle, 1728.
The lute is decorated in the typical style
of the Venetian renaissance, and is typical
of the solo lute of the time, having a stringlength
of 595mm.
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