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 11-13 Courses Lutes

Tielke, ca. 1696

stringlength 695 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of riorosewood with white spacers. The neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony and white spacers, the fingerboard is made of a central panel of ebony with bone around. Ebonypegs and button. The original, more decorated version is available as well.

Hans Frei, Warwick Museum, ca. 1550

stringlength 690 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of riorosewood with white spacers or maple with golden-brown varnish. The neck and pegbox are veneered with ebony. The pegs can be made of ebony or bone.
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Anonymous, V.&A. Museum, London

stringlength 680 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of riorosewood with white spacers or maple with golden-brown varnish. The neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony. The fingerboard is of ebony with bone edges. The pegs areof ebony and the button of bone.

J.B.Weigert, 1721

stringlength 700 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of yew-wood with white spacers, or maple with golden-brown varnish. The neck and pegbox are veneered with ebony, the fingeboard is made of ebony. Ebonypegs and button.
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 13 Courses German Lutes (theorboed)

J.B.Weigert, ca. 1721

Stringlength 710-980 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of yew-wood with white spacers, or maple with golden-brown varnish. The neck is veneered with ebony, the fingeboard is made of ebony. Swan-neck peghead of blackened maple. Ebonypegs and button.

S. Schelle, 174..

Stringlength 710-980 mm. Body made of 13 ribs of snakewood or riorosewood with white spacers. The neck is veneered with ebony, the fingeboard is made of a central panel of ebony surrounded by bone with white spacers. The theorboed pegbox is made of maple died black; the back side can be carved, or a bone-ebony inlay can be realized. The same decoration can be made on the neck. Pegs and button are made of ebony with white pips. Coming shortly..

Tielke, 1696

Stringlength 690-970. Body made of 9 ribs of riorosewood with white spacers. The neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony and white spacers, the fingerboard is made of a central panel of ebony with bone around and double spacers. Ebonypegs and button. The original, more decorated version is available as well.

J.C. Hoffman, 1716

Stringlength 710-980 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of maple or bird'seye maple with golden-brown varnish. The neck is veneered with ebony, the fingeboard is made of ebony. Swan-neck peghead of blackened maple. Ebonypegs and button.
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