Instruments
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Early Renaissance Lute
- Early Renaissance lute. Based on surviving examples by Georg Gerle and others. 6 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
- Late Medieval lute, based on various iconographic sources of 1350-1480. 5 course, with 4 and 6 course also available. 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.
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 (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.
Early Medieval Lute (Capella Palatina style)
- Early medieval lute, based on iconographic sources in the Capella Palatina (Southern Italy, 1132-1143). 4 course. Available fretted or unfretted.
- Scale length: 48cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, 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 diatonic (as picture) or chromatic fretting. Available with 8 or 9 strings in 4 courses.
- Scale length: 41cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Sycamore, London Plane (Lacewood), African Padauk, European Oak, Hard Maple, 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.
Anglo-Saxon Lyre
- An Anglo-Saxon lyre based on the remains of one found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial, and other similar examples. It was also played in Northern Germany and in Scandinavia by the Vikings. Available with 5, 6 or 7 strings.
- Scale length: 43cm
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Alder, European Ash, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.