Description
This instrument has been SOLD.
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The Giovanni Hieber model lute has been revived in the workshop after being discontinued for many years. This lute model is the basic full, round lute form that is characteristic of the early instruments from Venice. The original instrument is set up with seven courses, but this model is available from the Gamut workshop as in six, seven, and eight courses.
Instrument Specifications:
- String Length: 59cm
- 6-, 7-, or 8-Course Lute
- Overall Length: 28"
- Front Length: 17 1/4"
- Body Width: 12"
- Body Depth: 6"
- String Spacing Between Courses at Bridge (8-course): 10.10mm
- Spacing Between Strings in Course at Bridge (8-course): 4.90mm
- String Spacing Between Courses at Nut (8-course): 5.70mm
- Spacing Between Strings in Course at Nut (8-course): 3.10mm
- Back: Cherry Ribs
- Neck: Cherry
- Head: Cherry
- Pegs: Ebony, Boxwood, or Rosewood
- Front: AAA Engelmann Spruce
- Rose: Pattern "A"
- Fingerboard: Cherry with Rosewood Edges
- Bridge: Cherry with Rosewood Cap
- Nut: Bone
- End Button: To Match Pegs
- Strings: Nylon and Fluorocarbon with Wound Nylon Basses
- Custom Made Kingham Case
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