The body of this lute is modelled on a slightly smaller version of the Magno Tieffenbrucker 8c lute in the Bardini collection in Florence, with a rather full, almost elliptical outline. The original has 37 yew ribs, but I also make a simpler version with 17 ribs of yew or maple. The elaborate triple headed design seems to be a development of the so-called swan necked form, with on additional pegbox. It exists on a number of surviving instruments, and my design is a combination of several by Jauck. It has a cambered fingerboard and treble rider.