"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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Went to an antiques fair today and found this, which was clearly
irresistible. Made in 1880, it is a lauten - a cross between a lute
and a guitar, and it sounds brilliant.

http://www.soundthoughts.co.uk/look/lauten.jpg


Fascinating. It seems to have the body of a lute,
(which was a generic term) but the unlike the lute
the tuning pegs are not set at 90 degrees.

Hard to be sure from the pic, but does it have
six strings?

If so, the tuning is presumably the same for a six
course lute, in fourths with the exception of the
interval between the third and fporuirth course
being a third.

Is it about the same physical size?
Any indication as to the maker?


Iain