Lutes with angled pegbox
can be equipped with an additional bass and treble rider. If a second, straight pegbox is added to this angled pegbox to extend the bass strings, it is called a double head lute.
Liuto forte in g
(Alto Lute)
Liuto forte in e
(Tenor Lute)
Swan Neck Lutes
are instruments with two straight pegboxes connected by an elegantly curved neck.
Liuto forte in d
Liuto forte in d “Bach-Lute”
Liuto forte in d “Bach-Lute”
Copy of the historical model
Liuto forte in e
Archlutes and Theorbos
also have two pegboxes one behind the other, which are located at a slightly greater distance from each other on a straight neck.
This construction historically precedes that of the swan neck.
Arciliuto forte in g
