Hey, folks, We have a beautiful little luteback for sale, just ready for summer. It's based on a Colson luteback, which is smaller than the standard Jenzat luteback. The price is $6750. It's listed on our Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150214104095811.314854.128881415810 If you are interested, please send us email off the list at [email protected]. Here's the "blurb" from our website: This beautiful little luteback was completed in 2006 for a local HG player. It has exquisite tone and beautiful construction. The soundboard is top quality hand-picked Sitka spruce. The back is flamed (tiger-striped) maple with purpleheart divider strips. It has the classic 6 strings of a French style instrument. It is in perfect condition. The body is based on a luteback hurdy-gurdy built by Colson á Mirecourt in the early or mid 19th century. The Colson shop (pere et fils) made very few lutebacks, and we were very excited to have one available to measure and draw plans from. The instrument is a little shorter, less deep and less broad than the classic Jenzat style, making it ideal for a player who is looking for a smaller instrument. It's decorated with abalone shell and with purpleheart trim pieces and binding. The purpleheart has been treated with a UV stablizer to extend its color, maintaining its rich purple hue. The peghead, keybox top, cover and tailpiece are all decorated with exquisite, dainty Celtic knotwork motifs. All turned pieces (tuning pegs, tirant peg, strap buttons) were hand-made specifically for this instrument. It has hidden Pegheds® tuning machines with custom purpleheart heads. It also includes a very small display tuner on the back of the instrument, perfect for checking tuning easily and unobtrusively. Patrick Bouffard himself played this instrument in concert at the Over the Water Hurdy-gurdy Festival, and the inside of the keybox top bears his inscription and signature. It comes complete in a soft case with a strap, cotton, rosin, spare parts, and the instructional setup DVD. Alden -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
