Arciliuto, Chitarrone/Theorbo

Liuto Attiobatto after "Matteo Sellas"

String lengths 59/84 cm, 17 ribs.

Price: € 4350.-

"Matteo Sellas Venetia 1630"

String lengths 64/134 cm, 35 ribs.

Price: € 4550.-

"Pietro Railich 1644"

String lengths 62/134 cm, 15 ribs.

Price: € 4300.-

"Pietro Raillich al Santo in Padoua 1669" -
"Johannes Antoni Fichtl in Wienn 1720"

Enlarged version of the lately emerged lute, extended to 13 courses.

Can alternatively be used as a 10-course Renaissance lute, 11-course Baroque lute, or 14-course Arciliuto.

String lengths: 68 cm and 100 cm (diapasons).

21 ribs.

Price: € 4600.-

About the history of the instrument

The original instrument

"Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia"

String lengths 67/141 cm, 31 ribs.

Price: € 4650.-

"Martinus Harz/Rome 1665"

Copy of the instrument at the Edinburgh Museum, with only 8 frets on the neck.

This instrument probably started life as a bass lute.

String lengths 68/144 cm, 43 ribs.

Price: € 4900.-

The original instrument

The copy

Chitarrone Francese, my own design based on the painting "Suonatore di Liuto" by Antiveduto Grammatica (1571 - 1626) - Galleria Sabauda, Torino

15 ribs.

String lengths: 66 cm (1x1, 4x2) and 115 cm (9x1).

Tuning like a baroque-guitar with 9 diapasons:

Fingerboard strings: e', bb, gg, dd', Aa
Diapasons: G, F, E, D, C, B1, A1, G1, F1.

Possibly the 13th and 14th courses were G# and F# instead (these strings look thinner on the painting than the ones above).

2 alternative configurations:

- 15 ribs, rich decoration (like on the pictures)

- 35 ribs, simple decoration

Price: € 4550.-

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The painting

The copy

Body after "Martinus Harz/Rome 1665"

String lengths 75/160 cm, 43 ribs.

Price: € 4850.-

"Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia"

String lengths 75/160 cm, 11 ribs.

Price: € 4350.-

"Magno Stegher in Venetia 1598"

Originally this instrument was probably built as a bass lute.

String lengths 75/160 cm, 27 ribs.

Price: € 4550.-

The original label

"Magno Stegher in Venetia 1600" (reduced size)

String lengths 89/160 cm, 43 ribs.

Price: € 4900.-

"Magno Stegher in Venetia 1600"

String lengths 94/160 cm, 43 ribs.

Price: € 5100.-

My Own Design

String lengths 82/160 cm, 35 ribs.

Price: € 4650.-

"Matteo Sellas in Venezia 1647"

String lengths 85/160 cm, 29 ribs.

Price: € 4800.-

"Giovanni Tesler" Ancona 1615

14 single strings.

String lengths 80-90/170 cm, 65 ribs.

Price: € 5800.-

"Giovanni Tesler" Ancona 1615

Theorbo and baroque lute tuning possible.

String lengths 80-90/170 cm, 65 ribs.

Like the above instrument, but with 12 pegs at the first pegbox and extra holes on the bridge for alternative baroque lute tuning - like the original.

Price: € 5850.-

Small Theorbo, body after "Martinus Selos"

String lengths: 72/150 cm.

15 ribs.

Due to its comparably short length, the second string can be tuned to e' (instead of e).

Price: € 4300.-

French Theorbo, own design

String lengths: 81/160 cm.

9 ribs.

Including carving underneath the first pegbox:

Price: € 4750.-