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After the ‘Warwick’ Frei 70/75.5 cm
e'A440 10¼ frets 11 ribs Model
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This large lute is modelled on the famous and splendid early 16C
instrument by Hans Frei in Warwick County Museum, almost certainly
originally a 6c lute and now converted to 11c. The body, which I
consider to be the finest of the few surviving high Renaissance lutes,
has the long classic ‘Bologna’ outline (Mace’s ‘pearl’ form) and
strongly formed cross section so admired by players of the French
Baroque period. The back of the original is of 11 highly flamed maple
ribs and I also use figured ash, plum and other woods. I have made it
with plain neck and pegbox in plum or maple, which can also be veneered
with ebony. Decorated versions have fretted and carved, occasionally
gilded, pegbox panels. The fingerboard is cambered and there is a treble
rider for the chanterelle. This model can be considered of a ‘normal’
string length for such a lute. It has a cambered fingerboard and treble
rider, and the bass rider can be made in several styles.
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