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The lute is the 11 course made by Michael Lowe for the lutenist Michael
Schaeffer.
For information on Michael Schaeffer please see
http://www.susanjking.com/

- The body is based on that by Hans Frei which is currently in the
Warwick Museum, though the details are not copied from it.
- The back is made of alternating ribs of figured maple and pearwood with
lines of purfling between.
- The soundboard is spruce.
- The soundboard rose is based on the one in the lute being played by
Charles Mouton in his portrait.
- The instrument was built in in 1977
- The instrument has ivory on it - inside the pegbox, on the head, the
rider, in stripes down the back of the neck and edging around the
soundboard. The ivory was purchased on 20th January 1977 from Messrs
Friedlein and Co, ivory importers of Bethenal Green, London.
- The label inside says "Oxoni fecit Michael Lowe 1977 / 34
- The string length is 68cm - 68.5cm (somewhere in-between)

The lute is the one that Michael Schaeffer played when he recorded his *Baroque
Lute Music* record. (His last record)

The price is 10,000 euros.

This lute has ivory on it. I have contacted CITES who have given it "free
passage" throughout Europe and the UK - for other countries you would need
to check. For further information on importing ivory refer to CITES
http://www.cites.org/

The lute is in Antwerp, Belgium.

For further info go to http://www.susanjking.com/ or contact susanjanetking@gmail.com

Would it be possible to hear this lute? Who owns/plays it? Can it be heard in concert? If the owner is travelling in Germany, could he/she bring it along? I would be very interested in hearing the instrument with GOOD strings (for instance good gut on the first 4 courses, nyle gut on the middle courses, half-wound basses and nylegut octaves). I live in Munich and would very much like to hear the lute. 10000 is a majestic price - if the lute lives up to this price in terms of SOUND, I would be interested. Did M. Lowe follow the original barring and belly thicknesses of the Warwick Frei in this lute?

Thank you!

Hallo @ENNEMOND2
Die Verkaufsanzeige ist von 2010 und nicht mehr aktuell.
Die Laute ist nicht mehr erhältlich.
Viele Grüße
Alexander