There is also a beautiful laser cut design on the back of peg box. Construction time isn't reduced too much, only by less ribs, simpler rose design but not flat and machine cute, still nice looking like the Hans Frei C34 original rose. Tuning peg are Sheesham. Lute Lovers This blog is for lute lovers, people who are looking for lutes to buy or try and for selling the latests lutes for sale by www.jminstruments.com. Free Shipping. The rose is the same as the original, a simpler one can be ordered, and the soundboard has a protective ebony edging as does the extended neck. All Rights Reserved. Contact us … The sound board is made out of Canadian Cedar wood and its one sound hole has an intricate laser cut design. Introduced over 40 year ago, the Roosebeck brand of Lutes, Harps, Dulcimers, and Balalaikas are appreciated by musicians worldwide. There are some 'student lutes' made by oud makers and or very cheap lutes online claiming to be after Hans Frei but these are not the same shape/design as the original instrument in the museum, thus likely not to be authentic barring inside too. The nut is bone. (hear a conversion of a factory lute here). Padded Nylon Gig Bag, Extra String Set, and "Learning to Play the Lute" book included. Strung in Kuershner Strings in g' at 440Hz, a warm a responsive tone. Many are based on original instruments with many wood choices, rose designs, decorative extras, and custom stringing. Materials: The body is spruce soundboard with 25 staves for bowl. The bridge is made out of rosewood and has a moustache shape. Free Shipping. The Nut is made of bone. Included are a padded nylon case, extra string set and the book, Learning to Play the Lute. The bridge is also made of Sheesham. Built with Volusion. There are eight tied nylon frets on a lacewood neck that features a sheesham fret board. It has 4 nylon wound strings and 11 rectified nylon strings. An end-pin strap button is standard. Student model:7 courses, Belly profile based on Wendelio Venere (Padua, 1582), body of 9 ribs and semicircular cross section 2.300 € Professional model : 7 courses, belly profile based on Wendelio Venere (Padua, 1582), body of 9 ribs and semicircular cross section With edge binding at the belly, spacer strips between ribs, fingerboard points, veneered pegbox and a more elaborated rose. The Roosebeck 7-course Descant Lute is a beautiful short necked lute. It's important your first instrument does not put you off playing altogether string spacings are comfortable, and different sizes of student lutes are available, such as the Frei C34 and the Tieffenbrucker C36, as one size doesn't always fit all. There are eight nylon frets and four Sheesham frets. The scale length is 600 mm. The term, Descant, refers to its size; placing this lute just above the alto lutes. The neck, bridge, end peg and tuning pegs/levers are also made out of Walnut. The soundboard is made out of European Spruce. Second, most makers work entirely to commission, producing instruments to a customer’s specification, so it is unusual for them to have lutes available for inspection and immediate sale. Also mandora manuscripts digitised here. The sound board is made out of Canadian spruce wood and its one sound hole has an intricate laser cut design. Contact the Early Music Shop in London where it's currently kept in stock, here playing a newly discovered manuscript in Ghent, Tombeaux CD- A Secular Requiem played by Richard Mackenzie. Free Shipping. This instrument can be made as a folding theorbo as was the Sellas E547 Student theorbo in 2013.hear here! Also hear a lute made for children play in an old setting at Knowle. The good news is that compared to the equivalent violins, cellos, guitars, etc. Some factory made lutes from Turkey tend to be constructed more like oud's, heavier with oud barring not like the lutes and a basic unauthentic plastic or flat machine cut rose. The Nut is made of bone. 7crs student lute for sale, made in 2015, used/hire instrument, ware due to playing/being held means its discounted to the current price. The soundboard is Spruce. Free Shipping. This Roosebeck Deluxe 7 Course Lute features 25 fluted Walnut staves that have white pinstripes in between. Lute lessons are available at both Saltaire and London and we have specialists on hand for expert advice. See some pictures of original lutes here. There is also a beautiful laser cut design on the back of peg box. The cost has been reduced considerably by making the back out of 17 ribs rather than 51! Free Shipping. he sound board is made out of Canadian Cedar. Based upon the Renaissance Lute which was prevalent in Europe in the 16th and 17th century, the Lute-kulele™ is one of the sweetest sounding ukuleles in our collection and is ideally suited for classical and fingerstyle music. This Deluxe 6 Course Lute features Walnut scalloped staves that have white pinstripes in between. The bridge is also made of Walnut. Neck is Sheesham. Other instruments have included a student Mandolino now owned by Lynda Sayce, and a Romantic Terz guitar for Jamie Akers, if you are interested in ordering one of these but is not currently in stock please contact info@jminstruments. lutes are relatively cheap because the market is much smaller. Its body has Sheesham staves that have white pinstripes in between. The sound board is made out of Canadian spruce and its one sound hole has an intricate laser cut design. Padded gig bag, extra string set included. This Tenor-sized instrument is based upon a 17 inch scale, and features six strings. Lutenists such as Alex McCartney have ordered a student Chitarrone and a 10/11crs Frei after, here them at Veterum Musica. Included are a padded nylon case, extra string set and the book, Learning to Play the Lute.