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      (German baroque lute)
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      Copy of the historical model
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      Guitar tuning

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      (Italian baroque lute / Archlute)

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About the Liuto forte

  • Liuto forte – A Lute for the 21st Century
  • “Guitar-Lute“ or “Authentic“ Lute
  • Historical Liuti forti
  • Research
  • Single or double strings?
  • Sound
  • Stringing on the Liuto forte
  • Fingertips or nails?
  • The Belly
  • Fine Tuning
  • The Rose
  • Fixed or tied-on Frets?
  • Traditional and geared pegs
  • The Nut
  • The Fingerboard
  • The Bridge
  • Playing Position
  • Playing Technique
  • About the New Lute, or Liuto forte
  • Prospects

Early History

  • Lute and Guitar – a Dilemma?
  • Lute and Guitar in the Twentieth Century
  • Why the lute died out
  • Original instruments – original sound?
  • The stringing of historical lutes
  • Can the Rift between Spanish Guitar and Lute still be bridged?
  • Distinction in the Sound of the Lute, the Early Romantic Guitar and the Spanish Guitar
  • Methods of Construction of Lute and Guitar compared
  • The Guitar’s limited Bass Range
  • Less is More – the limits and horizons of the classical guitar
  • Franz Bathioli
  • Eduardo Fernández

The Bridge

The bridge holding the strings on the liuto forte was developed by Benno Streu (Freiburg). It is no different from the classic lute bridge in appearance or weight, but is fitted with a defined and rigid seating for each separate string. This construction improves the transmission of string vibration to the soundboard, with considerably less loss of energy than the soft loops on the old lute bridges.