Theorbo

Body of twenty-three ivory ribs with ebony stringing between. Belly of pine with inset triple rose carved in wood. The neck is veneered with ebony, the lower section bearing the maker's name, the upper two sections having panels containing musical trophies and flowers, all executed in ivory applied in relief. Fingerboard veneered with ebony, with nine ivory frets. Also three frets set in the belly. The pegboxes are of ebony trimmed with ivory, the main with fourteen pegs, the upper with ten for five double courses.