Sold: 7 course lute based on Hans Frei (Vienna KHM C34) used/exhire lute
7crs student lute for sale, made in 2015, used/hire instrument, ware due to playing/being held means its discounted to the current price. Strung in Kuershner Strings in g' at 440Hz, a warm a responsive tone. Yew heartwood body, maple neck and pegbox, pear wood pegs and bridge, fingerboard in eco-friendly English Bog oak.
This stock instrument is now sold but can be ordered £1167 (without case price)
Here it being played here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIEcUaKiPJQ
More student lutes for sale can be seen on the 'lutes for sale' list
For Sale: 8crs student lute based on Hans Frei C34
A popular model based on Hans Frei C34, tuned in g' (a=440Hz) 61cm string length, CD basses with NNG trebles. This is an upgraded version with points on the fingerboard, ebony egding and black rib spacers, ribs in figured ash, pegs in natural pear wood and a bridge in ebonised pear wood, neck and peg box in ebonised maple with a black bog oak peg box bottom and fingerboard. Frets in Aquilla's LS nylgut for long lasting frets up to the 8th fret to allow for tuning in 1/6th temperament alternative positions
£1385 (case to be ordered if needed £308 shuster case or fitted case from Kingham)
For Sale (2025) 7crs Renaissance lute based on Wolfgang Wolf (Stadtmuseum Fussen Nr4669)
This interesting instrument by Wolfgang Wolf survives as a rare 12crs lute so didn't get converted to a later baroque lute as many did so has some interesting marks on the soundboard hinting at it's earlier life, I decided to make as it may have been originally made by Wolfgang Wolf in Fussen as a 6 or even a 7crs. The 7crs was chosen as it allows for more repertoire to be played, tuned in g' 61.5cm string length. Ribs are a mix of various shades of heartwood and sapwood Yew, slightly figured maple neck and peg box with pear wood pegs and bridge. The body is smaller in width than the popular Frei lute but noticeably deeper in depth as seen above (15cm). The instrument can be bought with a custom made Kingham case or the cheaper 'shuster' hard plastic case at £309, however the case is a pre made so not made to measure, so extra padding around the body sides inside is required.
£1771+ case £309
