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Building a Renaissance Lute
This picture, Duet, by Hendrick Ter Brugghen, 1628, showns a ten course lute with raised chanterelle on the pegbox (for the top string). | ||||||||||
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The finished rosette. |
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![]() ![]() The pegbox is cut from maple and dyed black with India ink to match the neck. The raised treble peg is a feature seen in old paintings, like the one above. The pegs were turned from boxwood. I glued a wedge of spruce onto the top of the neck and shaped it into a gentle curve. When I glue the ebony fingerboard on top of the neck, it will have enough camber to help hold the frets tight and to make bar chords a little easier. | ||||||||||
The rest of the photos will be posted here as the lute is finished. |
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