Georg Gerle, ca. 1550

Stringlength 600 mm. Body made of 11 ribs of maple with golden-brown varnish. The neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony and bone, the fingerboard is made of ebony. Heartshaped ebonypegs.
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Duiffopruchar, ca. 1550

Stringlength 640 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 and bone. The pegs are heartshaped and can be made of ebony or bone.
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Hans Frei, ca. 1550

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 and bone. Heartshaped pegs, can be made of ebony or bone. Coming shortly..

Vendelio Venere, 1582

Stringlength 620 mm. Body made of 13 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.

G. Hieber, ca. 1580

Stringlength 590 mm. Very nice model,even if plain. The body is made of 13 ribs of mapleor yew or ash with golden-brown varnish. The neck and pegbox are veneered with ebony, the fingerboard is made of ebony. Ebonypegs and button.
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M. Hartung, 1599

Stringlength 600 mm. Body made of 35 ribs of yew-wood or snakewood or riorosewood with white spacers. The neck and pegbox are veneered with ebony, the fingeboard is made of ebony. Pegs and button are made of ebony.

Vendelio Venere, 1592

Stringlength 585 mm. Body made of 25 ribs of yew-wood or snakewood or riorosewood with white spacers. The neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony and bone, the fingeboard is made of a central panel of ebony surrounded by bone. Ebonypegs and button. Picture..

Vendelio Venere, 1582

Stringlength 600 mm. Body made of 13 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. Coming shortly..

Duiffopruchar, 1609

Stringlength 630 mm. Beautiful lute from the Musueum Bardini in Firenze. Body made of 37 ribs of striped yew. The neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony and white filets. Ebonypegs and button. Picture..

Laux Maler, ca 1550

Stringlength 650 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of maple with golden-brown varnish. The neck and pegbox are veneered with ebony, the fingerboard is made of ebony. Pegs and button made of ebony. Tipical instrument of the school of Bologna.

Hans Frei, ca. 1550

Stringlength 650 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 and bone. The pegs are made of ebony. Another great lute from Bologna.
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Dieffopruchar, 1609

Stringlength 650 mm. Body made of 37 ribs of yew with golden-brown varnish. The neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony and bone. The pegs can be made of ebony or bone.
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Anonymous, V&A Museum, London

Stringlength 670 mm. Body made of 9 ribs of riorosewood with white spacers or maple with golden-brown varnish. The fingerboard is made of ebony and the edges are of bone, the neck and pegbox are veneered with stripes of ebony. The pegs are of ebony as the button.