Music, Luthery and Research
On this site you will find information about the process of building historic musical instruments.
RENASCENTIST LUTE
Based on Sixtus Rauwolf
Historical reconstruction of the Renaissance Lute based on Sixtus Rauwolf (1596). The instrument was built based on data from the doctoral thesis.
BOUQUET, Jonathan Santa Maria. Reconstructing a lute by Sixtus Rauwolf. 2017. 319p. Thesis (PhD in Philosophy of Music) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 2017.
Specifications
647mm string length;
Resonance box in flamed maple and imbuia;
Neck laminated with maple and walnut;
Ebony fingerboard;
Spruce top with heart detail inlaid with bone and ebony;
Bridge in pear wood with an ebony blade;
Maple peg box;
Ebony and maple pegs;
Gut frets;
Nylgut (Aquila) strings.
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Alaúde Renascentistas baseado em Georg Gerle c.1550
Especificações
1 1 faixas em Maple flameado (Acer pseudoplatanus);
• Tampo em Abeto (Piceas Abies) com friso em Ébano (Diospyros ebenum); •
Espelho em Ébano e Maple; •
Braço em Cedro Rosa (Cedrela Odorata) laminado em Maple;
• Ponte em Pereira( Pyrus communis) com uma lâmina de ébano; • Caixa de cravelha em Maple;
• Trastes de tripa (1.1mm); • Ponte em Pereira (Pyrus communis) com Ébano; • Cordas Aquila; •
Acabamento a óleo;
• Cravelhas em Boxwood (Buxus Sempervirens) e ébano;
• Trastes de tripa 1.10mm;
• Cordas Nylgut (Aquila). Cordas:
Afinação em G – 440hz Comprimento de corda: 60 cm
