7-Course Lute, Rosewood, Maple by Taylor w/ CD & Tuning Chart

7-Course Lute, Rosewood, Maple by Taylor w/ CD & Tuning Chart Review

7-Course Lute, Rosewood, Maple by Taylor w/ CD & Tuning Chart Feature

• The Ultimate Fretted Tuning Chart with CD (shipped separately)
• Solid Maple Peg Box & European spruce Soundboard
• Maple neck & Rosewood finger board
• 6 nylon frets & 6 rosewood frets
• Ebony Tuners

7-Course Lute, Rosewood, Maple by Taylor w/ CD & Tuning Chart Overview

The Chinar Taylor lute has a Chinar body with a maple neck and rosewood finger board. The peg box is solid maple and the tuners are ebony. The soundboard is made out of European spruce with a rosewood bridge and rosewood end pin. There are six nylon frets and six rosewood frets. The nut width is 60 mm.

The 7 and 8 course Renaissance lutes designed by Zachary Taylor are based on an instrument made by Hans Frei, the original of which may be seen in the Warwick Museum in England. This lute was made in Bologna about 1540 and since then may have been the subject of conversions to the stringing and the soundboard. Apart from shortening the string length from 670mm to 600, for ease of left-hand fingering, the instruments follow Hans Frei's principles of construction.

About the designer/maker: Zachary Taylor is a designer and maker of early stringed instruments. Early in his career as a performer on classical guitar and lute he began to study the creation of representations of early instruments. In his relentless research he endeavours to acquire sufficient information for the construction of examples in the likeness of original instruments. For more than a quarter of a century he has taught the subject of lutherie in the Universities of Suffolk, England and Vigo, Spain and in Colleges including West Dean and Missenden Abbey in England. Major projects include the re-construction of instruments that form the entrance arch to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. His authorship includes many books, including 'Make and Play a Lute' and 'Making early stringed instruments'.It is Zachary Taylor's mission to design authentic examples of ancient instruments, accessible to enthusiasts who demand high quality without a high-price tag.

Included FREE: "The Ultimate Fretted Tuning Chart"

This chart contains 87 tunings (47 for guitar) for various common and hard to find instruments. Th

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