7 Course Renaissance Lute after Venere by Charlotte De Ley

This 7-course lute is modelled after Wendelio Venere (1582). The bowl is constructed from 13 ribs of flamed maple and walnut, separated by black-dyed maple spacers, and finished with a shellac French polish. The top is made from high-quality Alpine spruce and features a single hand-carved rose and an ebony half-binding inlay. The neck has a solid cedar core, an ebony veneer, and solid ebony outer edges for durability. The pegbox combines solid walnut and ebony, while the fingerboard is made of ebony. Hand-turned boxwood pegs and a matching endpin complete the instrument. It is strung with Aquila Nylgut and Aquila CD strings and tuned g’ d’/d’ a/a f/f c/c g/G d/D at a pitch of a440. String length 59.5cm.

 

The lute comes with a 35mm padded semi-rigid lightweight case.