This is kind of a cool lute. Renaissance, circa Capirola, very, very large. Table position The thumb is in the very popular "thumb middle", neither particularly inside the hand nor stretched out. Left hand in "cruiser" position. Box for spare strings? http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tdimage?object=90793
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