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Description: | 1609 IN PADOVA Vvendelio Venere
Archlute adapted from a tenor lute, labelled: '1609' (ink) '/IN PADOVA VVendelio Venere'. The body is made up of narrow ribs of yew with a yew lace. Belly of pine with inlaid ivory heart below the bridge. The pierced and carved rose incorporates crowned double-headed eagle. Two frets are now set into the belly. Back of the neck made up of narrow strips of ebony and bone, the back of the upper neck is ebony with double ivory stringing around the edges. The upper neck is decorated with an inlaid lozenge of ivory. The two peg boxes and the upper neck are later additions, probably made by Arnold Dolmetsch. Fingered strings - 6 double courses and two single. Bourdons - 8, attached to upper pegbox. Inside of belly lined with strips of printed paper. Some damage to the back. There is evidence that at some point the strings have been attached to pins at the tail.
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Chitarone
Inscribed: Wendelin Tieffenbrucker, Padua, 1609
Label: 1609 / IN PADOVA Vvendelio Venere
The body is built up from narrow ribs of yew, lined with printed paper. The belly is of pine with an ivory heart inlaid into its lower end. The rose incorporates a crowned double-headed eagle. Two partial frets are glued to the belly. The back of the main neck is decorated with narrow strips of ebony, inlaid with a lozenge design in ivory. The fingered strings are arranged into 6 double courses and two single, 8 bourdon strings are attached to the upper peg box. There is evidence that at some point the strings have been attached to pins at the tail. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | archlutes wood parchment gut Haslemere Festival ivory metal thread chitarrones | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-13554 |
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