Instruments
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Renaissance Lute
- Renaissance lute. Based on surviving examples by Georg Gerle and others. 6 courses. Also available with 7 or 8 courses. For tuning in G or A.
- Scale length: 55cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Cherry, Swiss Pear, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Turkish Oud
- Turkish Oud. Commonly played in Turkey, Greece, Armenia and elsewhere.
- Scale length: 58.5cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Light Meranti, Bocote, European Sycamore, London Plane (Lacewood), European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Late Medieval Lute (Double rose style)
- Late Medieval lute, based on various iconographic sources of 1350-1480. 4 or 5 course. Also available with 6 courses. Available fretted or unfretted. The upper, smaller rose is available in round, diamond or lancet window shape.
- Scale length: 56cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, Wych Elm, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Late Medieval Lute (Single rose style)
- Late Medieval lute with single rose, based on various iconographic sources of 1450-1490, and a suruving instrument labelled 'D.G.' from Northern Italy about 1500. 4 or 5 course. Also available with 6 courses.
- Scale length: 56cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, Norway Maple, Swiss Pear, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Cobza or Koboz
- Traditional short-necked fretless lute played in Romania (where it is called Cobza) and Hungary (where it is called Koboz). Available with wooden pegs or machine heads.
- Scale length: 46cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Light Meranti, European Ash, London Plane, Sapele, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Renaissance Mandore
- Renaissance mandore. A small instrument which is the ancestor of the mandolin. Available with 4 or 5 single or doubled courses of strings. Also works well as a Brescian/Cremonese mandolin or tuned as a ukulele.
- Scale length: 35cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, Sapele, European Cherry, European Beech, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Early Medieval Lute (Steeple Aston Cope style)
- Medieval lute, based on the Steeple Aston Cope (England, 1330). 4 course. Available fretted or unfretted.
- Scale length: 54cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, Wych Elm, European Cherry, Plumwood, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Early Medieval Lute (Cantigas style)
- Medieval lute, based on iconographic sources in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Spain, 1221–1284). 5 course. Available fretted or unfretted.
- Scale length: 54cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, Light Meranti, European Sycamore, London Plane, European Beech, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Oud Arbi or Andalusian Oud
- 4 course version of the Oud played in Al-Andalus and still played today in north Africa.
- Scale length: 58cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Dark Meranti, European Sycamore, London Plane (Lacewood), European Beech, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Zenne Oud
- Shorter scale length version of the oud.
- Scale length: 54cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Sapele, European Ash, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Gittern
- Would have usually been carved from a single block, but is here built from ribs like a lute. Available with 3, 4 or 5 single or doubled courses of strings.
- Scale length: 44cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Cherry, Khaya, London Plane, Wych Elm, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Citole or Guitarra Latina
- A small medieval instrument with a distinctive body shape. Would have usually been carved from a single block, but is here built with bent sides. Available with 3, 4 or 5 single or doubled courses.
- Scale length: 46cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, European Alder, European Walnut, Dark Meranti, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Charango
- Traditional instrument from South America, especially the Andean mountains. Chillador (flat-backed) style. Available with wooden pegs or machine heads. Hatun charango or Ronroco also available.
- Scale length: 36cm
- German/Alpine Spruce, Sapele, Light Meranti, European Oak, European Walnut, European Cherry. Other wood choices also available.
Ukulele or Cavaquinho
- Traditional Hawaiian instrument. Also available with heavier bracing as a Portuguese cavaquinho, and as a cak or cuk for Indonesian Keroncong music. Soprano size, with others also available. Available with wooden pegs or machine heads.
- Scale length: 35cm
- German/Alpine Spruce, Sapele, European Oak, African Padauk, Sonokeling (East Indian Rosewood). Other wood choices also available.
Viola De Cocho
- Traditional instrument from Mato Grosso, Brazil. Available with tied frets as picture, metal frets, or fretless. Also available with machine heads. Traditionally, this instrument has a small soundhole or no soundhole at all. Also available without soundhole.
- Scale length: 46cm
- German/Alpine Spruce, Light Meranti, European Oak, Sonokeling (East Indian Rosewood), European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices also available.
Renaissance Cittern
- Renaissance cittern. Available with chromatic (as picture) or diatonic fretting. Available with 8 or 9 strings in 4 courses.
- Scale length: 41cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, London Plane, Norway Maple, European Oak, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Jarana Jarocha
- Traditional Mexican rhythmic instrument related to the baroque guitar. Primera size, with others also available. Available with wooden pegs or machine heads.
- Scale length: 40cm
- German/Alpine Spruce, Black Limba (Korina), European Oak, Sonokeling (East Indian Rosewood). Other wood choices available.