Liuto attiorbato
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- Archlute
- Lute
Maker
Nico van der Waals
Date1996
Place MadeNederhemert, Gelderland, Netherlands, Europe
ModelSellas
SignedWritten in black ink on paper label: Nic. B. van der Waals. / me fecit 1996 / Nederhemert Gld.Written in black ink on reinforcing strip below label: 17-07-96DescriptionThis liuto attiorbato, or archlute, has seven courses of bass strings on a separate pegbox for extra length and resonance. It is based on a model by the Sellas family of Venice.
Stringing: 14 courses; 7 single bass strings currently, set up for 7 bass double, 6 double courses, and single top string
Soundboard: two-piece quarter-cut spruce: narrow-to-medium grain; top extends 16 mm onto neck; ebony triangle with concave sides inlaid into top at lower edge
Bowl: 31 yew fluted staves divided by maple strips
Clasp: yew inlaid with four maple strips along bottom
Head: maple veneered in ebony on top, back and sides; upper pegbox with 13 pegs, lower pegbox with 14 pegs
Neck: veneered with ebony; two ebony pins through veneer into neck, one on each side, near bowl
Binding: ebony half-binding
Fingerboard: ebony with mammoth ivory strip inlaid down sides and at bottom; 9 tied gut frets; 3 ivory or bone frets inlaid into top
Nuts: mammoth ivory
Bridge: dark hardwood tie bridge with moustache, the top faced in ebony
Pegs: 19 boxwood pegs with integral pins
Rose: geometric, carved from top
Finish: clear varnish on bowl
Bowl lining: light strips of cloth or parchment reinforcing stave joints and running perpendicular to stavesDimensionsTotal archlute length: 1090 mm
Body length: 394 mm
Top length: 410 mm
Maximum body width: 311 mm
Maximum bowl height: 109 mm
Head length: 426 mm
Head width, top: 26 mm
Head width, bottom: 67 mm
Neck length (nut to ribs): 260 mm
Neck width, nut: 77 mm
Neck width, heel: 105 mm
Soundhole diameter: 89 mm
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 570 mm and 847 mmProvenancePurchased new by the donor.
Credit LineGift of Donna J. Curry, 2021
Object number15625
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