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The decorations of the guitars described are just informative. Their cost will be discussed separately, according to the kind wanted. More pictures of guitars will be added between the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000.

[Baroque Guitars] [Vihuela]

Baroque Guitars

Antonio Stradivari, 1688

Stringlength 650 mm.

Back and sides of thebody made of maple with triple spacers. The neck, heel and back of the peghead are veneered with maple and triple spacers, the front the peghead is veneered with ebony, the fingerboard is made of ebony. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. The rose is made of carved wood and parchment. Ebony pegs and button of bone

Sellas, 1630

Stringlength 640 mm.

The sides and back of the body are made of ribs of riorosewood with white spacers or yew-wood with golden-brown varnish. The neck and peghead are veneered with a decoration of ebony and bone, the front of the paghead matches the decoration of the neck. The fingerboard is made of ebony. Parchment wedding-cake rose. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. Ebony pegs and bone button.

Jean Voboam, 1690

Stringlength 650 mm.

The sides and back of the body are made of ribs of riorosewood or ebony with white spacers. The neck and the back of the peghead are veneered with stripes of ebony and white spacers. The front part of the peghead is veneered with a central panel of bone surrounded by ebony with triple spacers. The fingerboard is made of ebony. Parchment wedding-cake rose. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. The pegs are made of ebony with white button. Bone endbutton

Anonymous, V.&A. Museum, London

Stringlength 650 mm.

The sides and back of the body are made of ribs of riorosewood or ebony or snakewood with white spacers. The neck and back of the peghead are veneered with the same wood as the body with white spacers, the front part of the peghead is veneered with ebony and the fingerboard is made of ebony. Parchment wedding-cake rose. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. The pegs are made of ebony with white button. Bone endbutton.

?sixcourses vihuelas

vihuela from iconographical sources

Stringlength 600 mm.

The sides and back of the body are made with ribs of cypres, or rosewood, or alternate. Paduca can be used instead of rosewood. Neck and peghead of pearwood, fingerboard of boxwood. Triple binding around the edge of the belly and of the soundhole. Flat rose of carved wood and parchment. Four square ornaments are inserted into the top and bottom left and right areas of the belly. The same decoration matches the top of the bridge. Pegs and button of ebony.

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