13 Course Baroque Lute

13 course Magno Dieffopruchar a venetia Josephus Joachimus Edlinger me reparavit Prague An. 1762.  Vienna AR969.  Originally a Renaissance lute, converted to Baroque configuration. 75.5cm fretted mensur.  11 ribs of birdseye maple with rosewood spacers.  Ebony and ironwood floral inlay on neck and pegbox.  Triple rose of Hapsburg double headed eagles.  Ebony and pearl spade.  $4,500

  Another version in rosewood with maple spacers.

Below is another type of 13 course Baroque lute from a completely different design standpoint.  Copied after J.C. Hoffmann, Leipzig 1750.  Brussels Museum.  11 ribs of curly maple, birdseye maple or yew (pictured) with ebony veneered neck, pegbox, rosewood spacers, and highly arched fingerboard.  Very deep in the body.  70.5cm mensur.  Price $3,800

Lawrence K. Brown, Luthier    13 Sunset Lane    Asheville, NC    28804    USA  828-254-5828   larryandrobin@charter.net