Lute, 1669, Padua, Italy, Italian, Spruce, snakewood, ebony, Height: 46 9/16 in. (118.2 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Pietro Railich (German, Füssen 1615–ca. 1678 Padua), Railich built this instrument in a very particular time period when Renaissance tuning was incorporating new Baroque ideas. Therefore, it is difficult to know if it was conceived as a ten-course lute, following the old tradition, or as one of the new, innovative eleven-course lutes
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Lute, 1669, Padua, Italy, Italian, Spruce, snakewood, ebony, Height, 46 9/16, 118.2 cm, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Pietro Railich, German, Füssen, 1615–ca., 1678, Railich built, instrument, particular time, period, Renaissance tuning, incorporating new, Baroque, ideas, difficult, know if, conceived, ten-course lute, following, old tradition, new, innovative eleven-course, lutes
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