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Treble lute



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This particular page was created 17/01/2005 and last updated 17/05/2005
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  • Body shape: Lute
  • Top: Flat
  • Back: Bowl
  • Bridge: Fixed
  • Frets: Tied
  • Strings: 12
  • Courses: 6 ( 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)
  • Scale: 466 - 466 mm
The treble lute was a small renaissance lute found across Eruope during late 16th and early 17th Centuries. It is perhaps mostly associated with Elizabethan England.

Although not really related to it, it is actually very similar to a Lombardic mandolin.

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