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.
- European Spruce, European Ash, Wych Elm, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Turkish Oud
- Turkish Oud. Commonly played in Turkey, Greece, Armenia and elsewhere.
- Scale length: 58.5cm.
- European Spruce, Sapele, Utile, Light Meranti, Zebrano (Zebrawood), 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.
- Scale length: 56cm.
- European Spruce, European Ash, Wych Elm, European Cherry, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Zenne Oud
- Shorter scale length version of the oud.
- Scale length: 54cm.
- European Spruce, Sapele, European Ash, European Cherry, 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 mandolin or tuned as a ukulele.
- Scale length: 35cm.
- European Spruce, European Ash, European Cherry, European Beech, European Walnut, 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. Strap button also optional.
- Scale length: 54cm.
- European Spruce, European Ash, Light Meranti, 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.
- European 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.
- European Spruce, Dark Meranti, European Sycamore, London Plane (Lacewood), European Beech, 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.
- European Spruce, European Cherry, European Ash, Sapele, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Charango
- Traditional instrument from South America, espeicially the Andean mountains. Chillador (flat-backed) style. Available with wooden pegs or machine heads. Hatun charango or Ronroco also available.
- Scale length: 36cm
- European 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
- European 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
- European 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.
- European 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
- European Spruce, Black Limba (Korina), European Oak, Sonokeling (East Indian Rosewood). Other wood choices available.