A late Renaissance alto lute based on the famous ivory instrument by Georg Gerle, Innsbruck, c. 1580 in the Kunsthistorischesmuseum, Vienna. The wide body of my model has 11 flamed maple ribs, pegs and bridge of boxwood with bone and plum edgings and points. These details follow the style of the lute in the ‘Queen Elizabeth Miniature’ portrait in the Courtauld Institute, London. The varnish is a rich deep golden yellow, the neck and pegbox stained and oil-finished to match.

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