I read he built a (silver?) lute in the form of a horse's head which had exceptional aural qualities, but have never found a depiction of it. On the whole, info on both Leonardo as well as Galileo (also said to have played the lute outstandingly (perhaps not so strange, coming from such an illustrious lutenist family), seem to be extremely scant. BR G
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