Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)

Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)
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Sprake Baroque Guitar (1974)

Regular price $4,500.00
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Top

Spruce
Back & Sides
Sycamore
Courses
Five paired
Scale Length
642mm

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Meticulous replica of a baroque guitar made in Paris in the late 17th century and now held in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

What To Know

Here is an exquisite baroque guitar by noted lute maker Michael Sprake in London, 1974. A copy of an extant Voboam in the Smithsonian, this five-course guitar features a spruce top over a sycamore back and sides, all centered around an intricate, pear-and-parchment rose. There is a small repaired crack in the face below the mustache bridge; the guitar is in otherwise excellent condition.

Along with a custom coffin case, also included are detailed plans drawn by Sprake as well as a typed spec sheet with a full run down of materials. An impossibly lightweight, airy instrument that will captivate Early Music aficianados and professionals alike.

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Materials

Top
Spruce
Back & Sides
Sycamore
Neck
Pine
Fingerboard
Ebony
Bridge
Rosewood
Bracing
Spruce
Tuners
Ebony
Neck Veneer
Boxwood and ebony
Back Inlay
Boxwood

Neck Specs

Nut Width
50mm
Scale Length
642mm

Other

Case
Custom coffin case

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