_ Five
course lute. Own design based on iconography. String length 520 mm.
Nine ribs in cypress wood. Neck and pegbox veneered with pear wood.
Apple wood fingerboard. Heart shaped pear wood pegs.
Price: 1885,00 euro .
_ Six course lute
after G.Gerle (Innsbruck s.d.). String length 590 mm. Neck veneered in
holly with ebony and plum wood inlay. Hornbeam fingerboard with plum
wood and ebony fillets. Heart shaped plum wood pegs. Birdseye or
quilted (+100 euro)
maple ribs.
Price: 1900,00 euro .
_ A close copy of the
original is available as well with the ivory replaced with holly and
casein ivory.
Price: 2405,00 euro .
_ Six course lute
after H.Frei (Bologna ca. 1530). String length 620 mm. Eleven ribs in
flamed maple. Neck and pegbox veneered with fruit wood. Fruit wood
fingerboard. Heart shaped pear wood pegs.
Price: 1900,00 euro .
Sound sample: F. Spinacino: Ricercare
played by Jacopo Gianninoto
_ Six course lute
after M.Dieffopruchar (Venezia ca.1550). String length 640 mm.
Holly veneered neck with ebony spacers. Hornbeam fingerboard with ebony
and snakewood fillets
Price: 1900,00 euro .
A close copy of the original
is available as well with the ivory replaced with holly and casein
ivory. Price: 2305,00 euro.
_ Descant lute after 'W.E.'
(Vendelino Eberle - Padova s.d.). Nineteen shaded yew wood ribs. String
length 440 mm.
Price: 2557,00 euro.
_Seven course lute in A after
J. Hes (Venezia 1586). String length 540 mm. Fifteen ribs in holly with
triple spacers. Neck and pegbox veneered with casein ivory stripes with
triple spacers. Holly pegs. Casein ivory fingerboard edged with ebony.
Also available in six course version.
Price: 7 course version: 2415,00 euro. 6 course version: 2310,00
euro.
A plain version is available
as well in cypress ribs with ebony spacers or plum ribs with holly
spacers. Neck and pegbox veneered with fruitwood. Ebony fingerboard.
Price: 7 course version: 1995,00 euro. 6 course version: 1890,00
euro.
_ Seven course lute
after G. Hieber (Venezia s.d.). String length 590 mm. Thirteen ribs in
birdseye or quilted maple with ebony spacers or plum with
holly spacers.
Price: 1938,00 euro (quilted maple version: 2100,00 euro). Also available as
an eight course version. Price: 1990,00
euro (quilted
maple version: 2200,00
euro).
_ Seven course lute
after V.Venere I (Padova 1592). String length 590 mm. Twenty-five ribs
in yew wood with maple spacers or cypress with ebony spacers. Neck and
fingerboard veneered with ebony. Price: 2930,00 euro
(striped neck and pegbox + 10 %). Cypress ribs
version: Price: 2300,00 euro.
Also available as an eight
course version. Price of the plain version: 3035,00 euro. Cypress ribs version: price: 2400,00 euro.
Sound samples: -
G.C.Barbetta Padovano: Padoana Ottava
(from
CD 'De Auditu' 2003), played by Terrell Stone. - J. Dowland: Tarleton’s Riserrectione
played by David Dolata
(demo from the book: 'Meantone Temperaments
on Lutes and Viols' edited by
Indiana University Press).
_ Eight course lute
after M.Tieffenbrucker (Venezia 1612). String length 640 mm. Thirteen
ribs of woods such as birdseye or quilted maple or cypress with
ebony spacers, rosewood or kingwood with holly spacers. Also available
with plum wood ribs without spacers. Price: 1990,00 euro
(Plum or quilted wood version: price: 2095,00
euro).
Also available with shaded
yew ribs back, like the original. Price: 3707,00 euro. A version with striped neck and
pegbox is available as well. Price: 3865,00.
Sound sample: J. Dowland: Galliard
on
Walsingham
(excerpt) played by Davide Franco.
_ Eight course lute after
H.Frei (Bologna ca. 1530). String length 620 mm. Eleven ribs in
birdseye or quilted (+100 euro) maple. Price: 1990,00
euro .
_ Bass lute after
M.Harton (Padova 1599) . String length 750 mm. Thirty-three ribs in
rosewood with boxwood or holly spacers (also available with shaded yew
ribs). Neck veneered with ebony strips with holly spacers.
Price: 2462,00 euro (2567,00
euro will cost the version with holly spacers between the ribs).
Price of the version with
shaded yew wood ribs: 4500,00
euro.
_ Ten course
lute after H.Frei (Bologna s.d.). String length 620 mm. Eleven ribs in
birdseye or quilted (+100 euro) maple. Also available with a string
length of 680 mm. (like
the 'original' before the conversion to an 11 course baroque lute in D
minor tuning).
Price: 2100,00
euro
Sound sample: John
Dowland: Preludium
played by Sandro Volta.
_ Ten course lute after
M.Tieffenbrucker. Diapason 640 mm. Price: 2200,00 euro .