This is a selection of photos of instruments I have made over the years.
It is not intended to be a complete catalogue of everything I make.
Just some examples of different instruments from various periods.
4 course medieval lute in g'
9 rib back of rippled maple. Cherry neck and pegbox.
Plum bridge and fingerboard. Boxwood pegs.
Pearwood and parchment roses.
6 course lute in g'. 60cm. After Dieffopruchar c.1550.
9 rib back of birds-eye maple. Cherry neck and pegbox.
Plum bridge, fingerboard and pegs.
6 course vihuela. String length 64cm. Pitch g' (a=415Hz) or f'# (a=440Hz)
Based on the 'Chambure' vihuela now in the Paris museum.
Back made of 7 double bent ribs in cypress. Sides in 2 pieces with ebony lines
Neck and peghead in cherry. Plum pegs and bridge. Ebony fingerboard.
Rose with two layers of pearwood on parchment. Download the info sheet (.PDF file 430Kb)
7 course lute in g'. 59cm. After Wendelio Venere 1592.
25 rib back in yew. Ebony veneered neck and pegbox.
Plum bridge and pegs. Ebony fingerboard.
7 course lute in e'. 73cm. After Burkholtzer C1575.
31 rib back in yew. Ebony veneered neck and pegbox.
Stained Plum bridge and pegs. Ebony fingerboard.
7 course student lute in g'.
Cherry back.
Rock maple neck and pegbox.
Theorbo in a'. 83cm / 154cm. After Venere c.1610
31 rib back in yew. Triple rose.
Ebony veneered necks.
10 course lute in g'. 64cm. After Wendelio Venere.
13 rib back in yew. Ebony veneered neck and pegbox.
Plum bridge, pegs and fingerboard.
11 course lute baroque lute in the French style. 69cm. After Hans Frei.
11 rib back in rippled ash. Ebony veneered neck and pegbox.
Plum bridge, ebony pegs. Fingerboard with inlaid decoration.
4 course renaissance guitar. 53cm. From various sources.
Vaulted back and sides in cherry.
Pearwood and parchment rose.
5 course baroque guitar in e'. 69cm. After Alex 'le jeune' Voboam, Paris, 1676.
Sides in ebony, back in yew. Ebony and bone/holly decoration.
Parchment layered rose.
5 course baroque guitar in e'. 69cm After Matteo Sellas. Venice.
Vaulted back in yew. Ebony veneered neck and peghead.
Inlaid decoration in soundboard. Layered parchment rose.
