Renaissance Lutes

This page contains lutes from the 16th and 17th century. In this period the number of courses increased from 6 to 7, 8, and 10.

 

Types of lutes:

>> 6-, 7- and 8-Course Renaissance Lutes

>> 10-Course Renaissance Lutes

>> 6- and 7-Course Treble Lutes

>> 6- to 10-Course Bass Lutes

 

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6-, 7- and 8-Course Renaissance Lutes

Student Lute, my own design.

Simply decorated but with the same excellent sound qualities as the following lutes.
String length 60 cm, 9 ribs.

 

Price: € 1850.-

7-course Renaissance lute
my own design oriented at "Venere"

String length 61.5 cm, 9 ribs of cedre with ebony-lines, neck and pegbox veneered with ebony, pegs of strawberrytree, fingerboard of ebony, table of high-Alpine spruce.

 

Price: € 2500.-

"Georg Gerle Furstlicher Durchleuchtigkeit zu Ynsprugg".

String length 60 cm, 11 ribs.

 

Price: € 2850.-

"Giovanni Hieber".

String length 60 cm, 11 ribs.

 

Price: € 2850.-

"In Padua Vvendelio Venere de LeonardoTiefembrucker".

String length 60 cm, 13 ribs.

 

Price: € 2850.-


"Wolfgang Wolf".

String length 60 cm, 15 ribs.

 

Price: € 2950.- , construction level as shown

"Hans Frei".

String length 62 cm, 11 ribs.

 

Price: € 2850.-

10-Course Renaissance Lutes

"In Padua Vvendelio Venere de Leonardo Tiefembrucker".

String length 66-68 cm, 13 ribs.

 

Price: € 3250.-

Based on "Magno Stegher in Venetia 1598".

String length 66 cm, 13 ribs.

 

Price: € 3250.-

- same as above, but with string length 68 cm, 15 ribs:

Price: € 3300.-

"Giovanni Hieber".

String length 63 cm, 11 ribs.

 

Price: € 3100.-

"In Padua Vvendelio Venere de Leonardo Tiefembrucker".

String length 63 cm, 13 ribs.

 

Price: € 3100.-

"Hans Frei".

String length 66 cm, 11 ribs.

 

Price: € 3100.-

Body after "Raillich 1669" (enlarged version).

String length 66 cm, 21 ribs.

 

Price: € 3400.-

6- and 7-Course Treble Lutes

"W.E." (Wendelin Tieffenbrucker's workshop?) around 1600.

String length 44 cm,  6 or 7 courses, 13 ribs.

 

Price: € 2250.-

"W.E." (Wendelin Tieffenbrucker's workshop?) around 1600.

String length 44 cm,  6 or 7 courses, 19 ribs.

 

Price: € 2400.-

6- to 10-Course Bass Lutes

"Laux Maler".

String length 74 cm, 6 to 10 courses, 9 ribs.

 

Price: € 3150.- to 3250.- (depending on the number of courses)

"Magno Stegher in Venetia 1598".

String length 74 cm, 6 to 10 courses, 27 ribs.

 

Price: € 3400.- to 3500.- (depending on the number of courses)

"Michielle Harton Padova 1599".

String length 78 cm, 6 to 10 courses, 35 ribs.

 

Price: € 3550.- to 3650.- (depending on the number of courses)

"Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia 1604"
"Matthias Fux/Röm.Kays.May.HoffLautenmacher in Wienn. 1685"
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String length 72cm, 27 ribs.

 

Price: € 3500.- to € 3600.- (depending on the number of courses)

Pictures of the original lute in Kremsmünster: Andreas Usel

"Magno Stegher in Venetia 1600".

Large bass lute, string length 89 cm, 6 to 10 courses, 43 ribs.

 

Price: € 3850.- to 3950.- (depending on the number of courses)

Muschel nach "Martinus Harz / Rome 1665".

String length 68-72 cm, 6 to 10 courses, 43 ribs.

 

Price: € 3850.- to 3950.- (depending on the number of courses)

"Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia 1609".

String length 67 cm, 6 to 10 courses, 37 ribs.

 

Price: € 3650.- to 3750.- (depending on the number of courses)

 

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