Marcos Kaiser Mori

A six-course lute based on the elongated Bologna style. Sycamore ribs, Holly bindings, pegs and veneering. A very light and resonant instrument with an early design, featuring heart-shaped pegs and a slightly bulkier neck, characteristic of contemporary instruments. Clear oil varnish.

Baroque Guitar after Belchior Dias, Lisbon c.1581, by Marcos Kaiser with custom-made hard case. This stunning guitar is an enlarged version of the original instrument in the collection of the Royal College of Music. The oldest surviving 5-course guitar, or 'late vihuela', this a very light and resonant instrument, tuned in E, with ten frets. Specification: 67cm string length Fluted-vaulted body in rosewood Neck in sycamore Parchment rosette Rosewood pegs Rosewood fingerboard Aquila strings Supplied with custom-made hard case

Medieval Hurdy Gurdy (Symphony) after “cantigas de Santa Maria” illuminated manuscript - including hard case. Chromatic range, in South American Cedar and spruce. Gut strings.