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For Sale
For Sale
Ribs made of maple, soundboard European Spruce. Comes with hard case. For all other details, please contact me.
For Sale
12 course double head Baroque Lute made by luthier Lars Jönsson 2010. Body after Warwick Frei. String lengths: 68, 73, 78, 84 and 90 cm. Can be tuned in BL/Accord nouveau tuning for solo or in G as an English “Theorbo lute” for continuo use. Instrument is in mint condition and sounds great. Used for the CD “Lyra Sonora” in 2017, see link for sound samples.
https://daphne.se.hemsida.eu/lyra-sonora
The lute is in Sweden and can be delivered in person in Scandinavia.
For Sale
Excellent French Theorbo made by luthier Lars Jönsson 2018 inspired by the famous painting possibly portraying Robert de Visée. String length 85/114 which makes for a travel friendly, yet full sounding instrument.
Courses 6-14 can be single or double strung depending on taste and context. When double strung it sounds like a VERY strong Swan Neck BL combined with the benefits of single strung full length chord strings of the classic theorbo, perfect for chamber music and solo playing. When single strung with wound strings the sound is like a “normal” theorbo.
Located in Sweden and can be delivered in person at very low cost in Scandinavia.
For Sale
For Sale
Vihuela of study in G, 440H
Francisco Hervás, Granada, 2021
Rope length 57 cm
Spruce top, cypress back, sides and neck. Rosewood fingerboard. Pear tree bridge, walnut pegbox, jujube pegs.
All woods are very old, dry and stable. Hard case included
For Sale
78/105 cm, reworked by maker in 2020. Strung in Gamut 14–6 (Gimp silver, Gimp, Lyon, wound gut core), Aquila NNG 5–1. Kingham case. New condition.
Bold, complex, loveable sound; rings like a larger theorbo and cuts through lighter textures of a period-instrument orchestra effortlessly. Swan neck extension commissioned by me for less back strain and greater portability. I love its sound, but the instrument’s shell is incompatible with my body size, so I must try again.
The price is $9000 USD, what I paid with the Larson strings. Can be played in Philadelphia. Buyer pays shipping, but prefer in-person collection.
For Sale
8 course renaissance lute for sale, I got it in an auction in Vancouver BC, it doesn’t have a luthier mark so I don’t know who made it but from the look of it, it might be a beginner lute.
The lute is in very good condition; it doesn’t have cracks or major scratches. It comes with recently changed gut frets and aquila nylgut strings (except for two basses that were replaced for copper strings). I am letting it go because I got a high end one.
Scale: 60cm
For Sale
A lute and a restored Louis Panormo guitar for sale from Arthur Robb’s workshop:
Full information at: www.art-robb.co.uk/inst.html, phone 01666-822945 or email art@art-robb.co.uk
For Sale
6 course lute by Maurice OTTIGER (2001)
61cm, 15 ribs in flamed maple,
based on the Reilich body – round, large and very shallow:
Very comfortable to hold and play and extremely powerful instrument.
As new, comes with a velvet lined Kingham MTM case.
