321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars

Guitar, double bodied with two necks. Six strings on each head, wooden pegs. Ebony fingerboards with metal frets are set into the soundboard. Purfling around sound holes, fingerboard and soundboard. Mustachioed tie bridges with florid ornamentation. Bone endpin with ornamentation at base.

Double guitar. 'Mother & baby'. Two necks. From the van Raalte Collection and before that from the Nuremberg Collection. No date given in Bull's MS. Wooden pegs. 6 strings on each head. Metal frets. Ebony fingerboards are set into the soundboard. Purfling around soundholes, fingerboard and soundboard. Mostachioted tiebridges with florid ornamentation. Bone endpin with ornamentation at base.

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MUSEUM NUMBER
M15.10.48/77
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 920 mm x 340 mm x 85 mm
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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