Nigel: There are the quirky Freiberger catherdral lutes: These small lutes that were part of a whole collection of instruments of an alter display from Frieberg Cathedral in Saxony. They were removed during a restoration and examined, and they are real instruments! The University in Leipzig made studies and sells drawings of these. There are four lutes - same maker (Georg Klemm), slightly different shapes, all having five courses of double strings (ten strings), and all with a string length of 45.9cm (overal length 56-58cm). The roses on these instruments are parchment, and I'm not sure how representative they are to the regional lutes of the period. The drawings can be obtained here (listed as lutes 2, 7, 12, and 28) http://mfm.uni-leipzig.de - link to their shop, or go to:
http://mfm.uni-leipzig.de/dt/shop/index.php?navid=1296813762483&categories&categories%5B%5D=255369255369&pageId644d4e57=1 One of the interesting thing about these instruments is that the barring isn't the typical renaissance barring under the bridge, but suggestive of 'fan bracing' more like the lutes of the baroque. Add one more string to these lutes and one would have a useable small six course lute (not sure what pitch 46cm would provide). Cheers, trj. -----Original Message----- From: nigelsolomon <[email protected]> To: 'Lutelist' <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Oct 12, 2013 10:31 am Subject: [LUTE] lute plans Does anyone know where I might find plans to build an alto lute (in A, around 54 cm string length). Surfing the net there seem to be quite a few for 60 cm lutes but not for any small instruments. I don't think my skills would be up to scaling larger plans down. Any ideas? Nigel To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
