8-course lute
Maker
Gerhard Reither
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
Stringing: 8 courses; 7 double courses and one single top string
Soundboard: two-piece quarter-cut spruce: narrow grain broadening to medium at edges
Bowl: 15 maple staves with medium curl divided by black hardwood spacers
Clasp: maple with faint broad curl
Head: maple with narrow curl; veneered with rosewood on sides; one maple rider on treble side veneered with open-pored dark brown tropical hardwood
Neck: plain maple
Binding: dark brown-stained maple
Fingerboard: rosewood; 8 tied gut frets; four ebony frets inlaid into top
Nut: rosewood
Bridge: black-stained maple hardwood tie bridge with scroll ends, black-stained maple saddle
Pegs: 15 rosewood pegs with concave head
Endpin: ebony
Rose: geometric, carved from tops, the cut edges stained brown
Finish: medium orange brown on bowl, neck, and head, clear on top
Bowl lining: light strips of cloth reinforcing stave jointsDimensionsTotal 8-course lute length: 729 mm
Length of body, to neck: 475 mm
Top length: 475 mm
Maximum body width: 308 mm
Maximum bowl height: 128 mm
Head length: 265 mm
Head width, top: 31mm
Head width, bottom: 71 mm
Neck length (nut to ribs): 242 mm
Neck width, nut: 70 mm
Neck width, heel: 84 mm
Soundhole diameter: 99 mm
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 589 mmProvenancePurchased new in 1969 by Arne B. Larson from Hans-Herman Kuhl, Sahms-near Hamburg, West Germany.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02476
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