Historical plucked instruments

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Classical lutes:

All lutes have a nine-segment Flamed Maple body and a spruce top with a carved soundhole rose.
Renaissance lutes are available in two styles: after Gerle and after Staudinger.
Baroque lutes: after Staudinger.
Necks are made of Spruce with Ebony veneer. The fretboards are made of Ebony, while tuning pegs are available in either Ebony or Boxwood.
The instruments are smoked from light to dark brown and finished with our special, natural matt surface.
Indian Rosewood bodies are available at extra cost. Please contact us if you are interested in other models not listed here.

All lutes are delivered in a high-quality, handmade case.

  • Renaissance lutes, Alto: Scale length 580 mm, 6, 7 or 8 courses
  • Renaissance lutes, Tenor: Scale length 650 mm, 7, 8 or 10 courses
  • Renaissance lutes, Bass: Scale length 660 to 700 mm, 8 or 10 courses
  • 13-course Baroque lutes, Tenor: Scale length 700 mm (with theorboed bass rider and 5 freely vibrating bourdon courses)
  • 14-course Baroque lutes, Tenor: Scale length 700 mm (with theorboed bass rider and 5 freely vibrating bourdon courses)
  • Theorbos, 13 courses, Bass: Scale length 700 mm (bourdon strings as single or double courses)

theorbe with swan head

6-course Baroque guitar

French Romantic guitar

8-course Renaissance lute

14-course Baroque lute
Historical guitars:

  • Baroque-Guitar, 2. half of 17. century; 5- or 6-course; Scale length 680mm
    Curled Maple with Spruce soundboard, necks are made of Spruce with Ebony veneer, fretboards and tuning pegs in Ebony
  • French Romantic model, c. 1820: Scale length 640 mm
    Curled Maple with Spruce soundboard, necks are made of Spruce with Ebony veneer, fretboards and tuning pegs in Ebony
  • Model after Antonio Torres, 1877: Scale length 640 mm
  • Model after Antonio Torres, 1892: Scale length 620 mm