Instruments
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Baroque Mandolin
- Baroque mandolin. Available with 4, 5 or 6 courses of strings.
- Scale length: 35cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Norway Maple, Ovangkol, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.
Cremonese Mandolin or Brescian Mandolin
- Cremonese or Brescian mandolin. 4 single nylon or gut strings tuned in fifths (the same tuning as a Neapolitan mandolin). This type was espeiclaly popular between 1850-1930.
- Scale length: 35cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Norway Maple, Sapele, Ovangkol, Plum. 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 Cherry, European Beech, 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, 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, Norway Maple, European Beech, Swiss Pear, European Walnut, Boxwood. Other wood choices 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.
Modern Cittern or Irish Bouzouki
- Modern or Irish cittern. Available with 4 or 5 courses.
- Scale length: 60cm.
- German/Alpine Spruce, Sapele, Hard Maple, European Hornbeam, Boxwood. Other wood choices available.