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Instrument Catalogue & Prices  - 2008 Six course lutes (Section 1) Ten course lutes Archlutes Six course lutes (Section 2) Eleven course lutes Theorbo Seven, Eight & Nine course lutes (Section 1) Thirteen course lutes (Section 1) Seven, Eight & Nine course lutes (Section 2) Thirteen course lutes (Section 2) (Eleven course lutes) 1)  11 course Warwick Frei     Low pitch f ’.     String length: 70.5 cm. Based on the Hans Frei lute in the Warwick County Museum, England.  My version incorporates details from the 1690 painting of Charles Mouton by Francois de Troy. Back of 11 curly maple ribs.  Neck and peg-box ebony-veneered; fingerboard, points and edge binding of ebony.  Chanterelle tuner on the peg-box. $ 6200.00 US (Eleven course lutes) 2)  11 course 'Small' Frei     Low pitch f ’.     String length: 67.7 cm. Based on the smaller of the two Hans Frei lutes in the Kunsthistorischesmuseum in Vienna (C34).   This lute was built in Bologna c.1550 as a 6 course (or possibly a 7 course) lute, and converted, probably in France c.1650, to an 11 course lute (its present state).  As with the above 11 course, I have incorporated details from the painting of Charles Mouton into my design. Back of 11 curly maple ribs.  Neck and peg-box veneered with ebony.  Fingerboard, points and edge binding of ebony.  Chanterelle tuner on the peg-box. $ 6200.00 US