There is a beautiful 8c lute by Magno Tieffenbrucker, Venice, 1590, in the Bardini collection, Florence. It is in near perfect condition now, having been restored after the Florence floods, in which several instruments in the collection were damaged. It is of the full-bodied late Renaissance form, with 37 shaded yew ribs, and decorated with thin stripes of ivory and ebony. My model is closely based on this lute, and I make it with both 37 and 17 ribs, in yew in decorated or simply veneered forms.