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EMS Heritage 6 Course Renaissance Lute after Hieber

EMS Heritage 6 Course Renaissance Lute after Hieber

by Early Music Shop
15 reviews
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£850.00 - £850.00
£850.00
£850.00 - £850.00
£850.00
SKU EMSL6H

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Our student 6 course lute is designed after an original by Hieber. It is an affordable, good-quality renaissance lute perfect for beginners. A 6 course lute is ideal for players wanting to explore early renaissance lute music. It is the perfect starter lute. 

Please click here to view our lute guide.

Bronze Lute Bundle (click here to view)

The bronze lute bundle comes with this 6-course lute, a padded case, a tuner, a lute strap, a spare set of strings and a lute tutor book. 

Specification:

  • Standard Tuning (Renaissance in g)
  • 600mm String Length
  • Aquila Nylgut Strings
  • Made of Lacewood, Sitka (Spruce) and Walnut
  • Includes a Semi-Rigid Gig Case or Hard Case depending on current stock
  • Lute Tutor Book
  • One Year's Free Membership to the UK's Lute Society (new members only)

    Lute Society Publications Books & CDs - including CDs by Jacob Heringman
  • 6 Course Lute Stringing Schedule - Aquila G g, C c, f f, a a, d'd' g
    (For spare strings, simply use the product codes below to search our website)

    6th G - AQUL150D
    6th g - AQUL70NG
    5th C - AQUL108D or AQUL104D
    5th c - AQUL52NG
    4th f - AQUL82NG or AQUL100D
    4th f - AQUL82NG or AQUL100D - AQUL40NG Octave
    3rd a - AQUL64NG
    3rd a - AQUL64NG
    2nd d' - AQUL48NG
    2nd d' - AQUL48NG
    1st g - AQUL42NG or Pyramid PYR.45R

One Year's Free Lute Society Membership.
The membership includes a new members pack with 100 pages of beginner's music, annual journal, free gift CD and PDFs of the last two years' magazines, then members receive quarterly Lute News magazine, each with a music supplement, and a quarterly e-zine, with further music to play, plus the year's annual journal. Then there are invitations to our virtual meetings, on our Youtube channel, for members anywhere in the world to enjoy. We promise you won't run out of music to play or interesting things to read about this wonderful instrument.

Lute Society Publications Books & CDs - including CDs by Jacob Heringman

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SA
06/11/2024
STEFANO A.
Italy

Indeed a good instrument

Premise: I am a teacher, performer, and a musicologist. The instrument I had purchased from EMS is my 12th instrument. 1) As a professional, I am favorably impressed about the playablility and the sound of this lute. 2) Gig bag is fine, Ilike it. 3) Nylon frets? No way! I was truly disappointed to see such thing! You could have scored 5 stars if you had put gut frets on it. Anyways, overall it was a good purchase. P.S. I had to pay 250 Euros of Custom Fee. Can you believe It? Of course, this is none of your fault!

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24/10/2022
Brittany B.
United States

Stunning

I've desired to purchase a lute for years. I finally got around to it and I'm blown away by the craftmanship of the instrument. I was surprised it didn't get out of tune very much when it arrive (I'm from the United States). Overall I'm satisfied with it and I'm excited to begin this journey of learning how to play this stunning instrument.

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19/07/2022
David S.
United States

A well built beginners lute

I found this 6 course ems heritage lute to be of excellent quality. I am having a nice time learning to play with this lute. Very happy with this purchase.

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30/11/2021
Robert M.
United States

A Veritable Touch

I purchased this lute as a teaching instrument, although the delicacy of a period lute rather eliminates its use as a loaner instrument. This instrument rewards the "touch" so often spoken of by 16th century writers. In my community theater setting, it is adequate for indoor use in a small room--not for outdoor performance. It reminds us that the lute is a private instrument that rewards those intimately close to it. Should we ever revive playing in a consort around a table we may achieve one of its ntended uses: music among friends. We have forgotten this aspect of 16th-century music in our celebration of amplification and concert halls. This lute reminds us where it belongs.

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15/09/2021
Nicholas
Canada

More than a student lute...

This instrument arrived in excellent condition with a perfect setup. Although the frets are nylon, there is no string buzzing down the fingerboard. The tuning peg heads are a bit small so I use a Sitar Narka tuning tool to tune the lute. The Narka is used to tune the sympathetic strings on a sitar which also have small pegs. Very easy and precise tuning whilst using a Narka. String spacing at the nut and bridge is spot-on. The included semi-rigid gig back is excellent. In terms of sound, the mids and highs are very clear and balanced. The bass is a bit light. Volume and resonance is very nice for an instrument at this price point. I was surprised that it came with Aquila Nylgut strings. Most entry-level lutes come with cheaper, no-name nylon strings. This is a very nice instrument, excellent at its price point. The only thing missing is a maker's label inside the body under the rose. Every instrument should have one.

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