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Lute Body

27 ribs. Strap button possible of ebony on left-hand side (end button missing). There are a number of makers and repairers labels on the lining as well as other strips of paper with printed text and music manuscript used to line the wood, many of which are not original. • “Rap[hael Mest in Fie]ssen, [Imperato] / del Misier Michael Hartung in Pa-/dua me fecit, Anno 162[7]” . • “Antonius Bachmann / Hoff Instrument und Laut[-]/tenmacherin in Berlin. 1753 / Reparirt.”. • “Reparient / [?] / T A Matth? / in Berlin [?] / 1822”. • “Rogers and Priestley me refecerunt / Birmingham 1891.”. • “Soundboard Removed 1981 / Ronald Taylor / 190 Oxford Street, / Rugby. / Warwickshire. Tel. Pavilion 6285”

  • Date:
    1627
  • Maker:
    Mest, Raphael
  • Collection:
    Birmingham Conservatoire
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  • Place of production:
    Padova (Timezone: Europe/Rome)
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  • Repository:Birmingham Conservatoire
  • Measurements:Body length: 487mm; body width: 307mm; body depth: 145mm approx.