This large tenor lute, is modelled on the famous and splendid mid 16C instrument by Hans Frei, Bologna, 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). The back of the original is of 11 strongly flamed maple ribs and I also use figured ash, fruit- or other woods. I have made it with plain neck and pegbox in plum or maple, and it can also be veneered with ebony or suitably decorated.