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8-course lute

Maker Gerhard Reither

Maker Hans-Hermann Kuhl

Date1969

Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Modelbaroque

Serial No.20.5.69

SignedRound paper label with double line border, the year written in black ballpoint pen: Meister für Zupfinstrumente / Gerhard Reither / 20. 5. 69 / Markneukirchen i Sa. Branded on fingerboard in front of nut: Gerhard Reither / Markneukirchen / Sa. Printed in gold on black with gold border, on back of pegbox: MADE IN G[ERMANY]MarkingsnoneDescriptionGerhard Reithner was part of the MIGMA cooperative, which continued production of musical instruments in Markneukirchen during the Communist period.

15 strings
Top: quarter-cut spruce: medium-to-wide grain; carved rose with burned bevels; bound in black-stained maple and maple
Back: 15 maple staves with narrow curl divided by black wood strips
Neck: plain maple
Head: maple with narrow curl; sides veneered in rosewood; rosewood rider
Fingerboard: rosewood; ebony frets inlaid into top above fingerboard
Bridge: black-stained maple
Endpin: ebony
DimensionsTotal length: 748 mm
Length of top: 475 mm
Maximum width of top: 308 mm
Vibrating string length: 601 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number02476

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