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This lute was built by fellow luthier Paul Klemm in 2007. He is offering it up for sale.
It is built as a 7 course lute. All courses are double strung except the top string or chantrelle is single. Strings are nylon and nylon core wrapped in silverplated copper. Tuned to G (low to high) Ff Gg Cc ff aa dd g, it can be played much like a guitar.
The finish is traditional
varnish with a wax finish on the top.
Italian alpine spruce is
used for the top or 'belly' and the internal bracing.
The
bowl is constructed of bird's eye maple with ebony spacers.
Pearwood
bridge with tied on strings.
Mahogany neck with an ebony fretboard.
Traditional hand tied gut is used for the frets. 
Peg box is hard maple veneered in ebony with
hand turned boxwood tuning pegs. 
Renaissance lute rose.
Hand made custom fitted case.
If you would like more information on this Renaissance lute or if you would like to purchase it, feel free to contact me at jim@worlandguitars.com or call Paul Klemm at (815)965-3379
Some of the specifics
on the Renaissance lute:
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Top wood: |
Italian spruce |
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Bowl: |
Bird's eye maple |
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Neck & fingerboard: |
Mahogany & Ebony |
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Bridge: |
Pearwood |
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Tuning pegs: |
Boxwood |
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Frets: |
Tie on fret gut |
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Scale length: |
58.5cm |
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Courses: |
7 course |
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Tuning (low to high): |
Ff Gg Cc ff aa d'd' g' |
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Price: |
$2000 |
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