Instruments
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Renaissance Lute
- Renaissance lute. Based on surviving examples by Georg Gerle, Hans Frei and others. 6 courses. Also available with 7 courses. For tuning in G or A.
- Scale length: 56cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Ash, Wych Elm, Swiss Pear, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Medieval Lute
- Early Medieval lute, based on various iconographic sources of 1280-1450. 4 or 5 course. Available fretted or unfretted. The upper, smaller rose is available in round, diamond or lancet window shape.
- Scale length: 55cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, European Cherry, European Sycamore, Apple, 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, Swiss Pear, Silver Birch, European Oak, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Colascione
- A long necked lute popular in Italy during the late renaissance and early baroque periods. Available with 3 or 4 strings.
- Scale length: 80cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Norway Maple, European Walnut, Ovangkol, 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.