Portfolio: Nine-course Renaissance Lute, January 1978

Nine-Course Renaissance Lute | #18 | January 1978

  • French polish finish

  • European spruce top

  • Curly Eastern maple back & peghead

  • Curly Western maple neck

  • Boxwood pegs & bridge

  • Ebony binding, fingerboard, & overlays

  • Tied gut frets

The soundhole rosette is carved directly into the top and is my own design - an endless knot.