Dear Luteplayers! Are You looking for something special? For some years I've played a 14-course Theorbo. Several photos here: http://www.luteonline.se/theorbo_for_sale_2010.htm
It has the body of the instrument in the Germanisches Museum in Nürnberg (MIR 903) by Lepold Widhalm in 1755 and the same stringlength (74 cm.) for the stopped strings. But with a "chitarrone"-length (160 cm.) for the bordunes. The idea was to get the full sound of the d-minor "baroque lute" + the clear sound of the low basses of the "chitarrone". I have used it for playing solo-theorbo music by Visée, transcriptions of the Bach cello-suites and my own pieces. The tuning has been the normal theorbo-tuning in A with single strings on all 14 strings. The instrument was made by Josef Kreisel (Germany) in 2005. Now, why am I selling it when it is such a great instrument? Well, since I liked it so much I ordered another one from the same maker just to have a "stand in" if something would happen. But after getting the new one and spending some time playing it, the "original" was just standing around, and that have been for two years now. AND I need a new PC and HD-camcorder for future videoproductions! So, take Your chance. A new instrument with a hard cover case costs today about EUR 4300. I bought this instrument for EUR 3600 and You will get it for EUR 3000! You can hear and see the instrument on these two You tube videos: Troll Eyes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMJSAJY5QzA&feature=channel Josef Kreisel, Lutemaker (in the very end of this video you can see both instruments.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PwiZ6KqNbo&feature=channel I live in Sweden and at the end of november I'll be in Münich and Alteglofsheim (Bavaria) for a week. Let hear from You and we will make a date! All the best Stefan www.luteonline.se To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
