Baroque Lutes, Mandoras/Gallichones

"Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia 1604"
"Matthias Fux/­Röm.Kays.May.­HoffLautenmacher in Wienn. 1685"

String length 72cm, 27 ribs.

11 courses:

Price: € 3900.-

13 courses:

Price: € 4000.-

The original lute in Kremsmünster - pictures by Andreas Usel

"Hans Frei".

String length 68 cm, 11 ribs.

11 courses:

Price: € 3800.-

13 courses:

Price: € 3900.-

"Magno Stegher in Venetia 1598"

String length 75 cm, 27 ribs.

11 courses:

Price: € 3900.-

13 courses:

Price: € 4000.-

The heavily damaged original instrument

The Copy

"Magno dieffopruchar a Venetia"

String length 75 cm, 11 ribs, triple rosette.

11 courses:

Price: € 3750.-

13 courses:

Price: € 3850.-

"Pietro Railich 1644"

String length 62 cm, 15 ribs.

11 courses:

Price: € 3800.-

13 courses:

Price: € 3950.-

"In Padua Vvendelio Venere de Leonardo Tiefembrucker 1587"

String length 71 cm, 33 ribs.

Carved pegbox.

11 courses:

Price: € 4350.-

13 courses:

Price: € 4450.-

"Johann Christian Hoffmann in Leipzig"

String length 74 cm, 11 ribs.

11 courses:

Price: € 3750.-

13 courses:

Price: € 3900.-

"Johann Christian Hoffmann in Leipzig"

String length 74 cm, 11 ribs of Pao Rosa with platana spacers.
Ornamentation on neck and pegbox of Pao Rosa, platana and olive-wood.

13 courses, treble and bassrider.

With details as shown on the pictures:

Price: € 4350.-

"Martin Hoffmann in Leipzig 169?"

13 courses (8 + 5).

String lengths: 8 courses: 69 cm, 5 courses: 98 cm.

9 ribs.

Price: € 4450.-

"Johann Christian Hoffmann in Leipzig" between 1720 and 1740

13 courses (8 + 5).

String lengths: 8 courses: 74 cm, 5 courses: 97.5 cm.

11 ribs.

Price: € 4450.-

"Johann Christian Hoffmann in Leipzig" between 1720 and 1740

13 courses (8 + 5).

String lengths: 8 courses: 74 cm, 5 courses: 97.5 cm.

11 ribs.

Highly decorated version: Neck and extended neck veneered with ebony and artificial ivory decorations.
Body with ribs of ebony with artificial ivory spacers for an additional charge of € 200.

Price: € 5750.-

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13-course Swan Neck Baroque Lute - body after "Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia 1604"

String lengths: 8 x 72 cm, 5 x 102 cm.

Body: 27 ribs.

Price: € 4900.-

"Leopold Widhalm" Nürnberg 1755

13 courses (8 + 5).

String lengths: 8 courses: 74.4 cm, 5 courses: 100 cm.

11 ribs.

Simple version:

Price: € 4500.-

Heavily decorated version:

Price: € 5750.-

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

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

13 courses (8 + 5).

String lengths: 8 courses: 68 cm, 5 courses: 100 cm.

21 ribs.

Price: € 4600.-

About the history of the instrument

The original instrument

The copy

"Giovanni Tesler Ancona 1615"

Theorbo changed into a baroque lute.

String lengths: 7 courses 80 - 87 cm, 7 diapasons 160 - 170 cm.

Tuning, due to the large string lengths:

Fingerboard strings: F', G', A', B', C, D, E
Diapasons: F, Gg, Aa, dd, ff, a, d'

65 ribs.

Very good sounding and loud continuo instrument!

Price: € 5900.-

"Sympert Nigell, Füssen 1754"

String length 71 cm, 9 ribs.

6 courses:

Price: € 3450.-

6 courses:

Price: € 3500.-

"My Own Design"

String length 72 cm, 9 ribs.

6 courses:

Price: € 3450.-

8 courses:

Price: € 3500.-

"Wolfgang Wolf, Füssen", 16th century

12-course double-headed Lute (French Lute);
changed into a 12-course instrument in the 17th century.

Tuning: g', e', c'c', aa, ee, Bb, Aa, Gg, Ff, Ee, Dd, Cc.

String lengths:

1st - 8th course: 63 cm
9th course: 69 cm
10th course: 74 cm
11th course: 80 cm
12th course: 89 cm

15 ribs, 2 pegboxes.

With carved pegboxes:

Price: € 4650.-

With plain pegboxes:

Price: € 4150.-

Mathias Rösel from Bremen investigated the history of this instrument and wrote an interesting article (in German language) about it.

Angelique - body after "Pietro Raillich 1669", extended neck after "J.A.Fichtl 1720"

16 Strings.

String lengths: 10 x 64 cm and 6 x 100 cm.

Tuning:

Fingerboard strings: e', d' ,c', b, a, g, f, e, d, c
Diapasons: B, A, G, F, E, D or C

Body: 21 ribs.

Price: € 4600.-

Angelique - body after "Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia 1604", extended neck after "J.A.Fichtl 1720"

16 Strings.

String lengths: 10 x 70 cm and 6 x 105 cm.

Tuning:

Fingerboard strings: e', d', c', b, a, g, f, e, d, c
Diapasons: B, A, G, F, E, D or C

or

Fingerboard strings: a, g, f, e, d, c, B, A, G, F
Diapasons: E, D, C, B1, A1, G1 or F1

Body: 27 ribs.

Price: € 4800.-

Angelique, body after "Magno Dieffopruchar a Venetia"

16 Strings.

String lengths: 10 x 65 cm and 6 x 130 cm.

Tuning:

Fingerboard strings: e', d', c', b, a, g, f, e, d, c
Diapasons: B, A, G, F, E, D or C

Body: 31 ribs.

With neck/extended neck ebony veneer:

Price: € 4800.-

As shown on the pictures:

Price: € 4900.-

Angelique, body after "Martinus Selos"

16 Strings.

String lengths: 10 x 72 cm and 6 x 150 cm.

Tuning:

Fingerboard strings: e', d', c', b, a, g, f, e, d, c
Diapasons: B, A, G, F, E, D or C

or

Fingerboard strings: a, g, f, e, d, c, B, A, G, F
Diapasons: E, D, C, B1, A1, G1 or F1

Body: 15 ribs.

Price: € 4300.-

Own Design Treble Angelique

String lengths: 55/110 cm.

Tuning:

Fingerboard strings: a1, g1, f1, e1, d1, c1, b, a, g, f
Diapasons: e, d, c, B, A, G or F

Body: 9 ribs.

Neck and extended neck veneered with rosewood:

Price: € 4350.-

Details as shown on the pictures:

Price: € 5050.-