Paul's Guitar Museum
12. Theorbo
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- Here is an "Archlute" or "Roman Theorbo" made by one of the Tieffenbrucker brothers of Luthiery - Magno Tieffenbrucker in Venice in the late 1500's - now residing in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
- "Panduan Theorbo" made in 1595 by Wendalin Tieffenbrucker. It now resides in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
- "Venetian Theorbo" made by one of the "Sellas" brothers of Luthiery: Matteo Sellas in 1637. It now resides in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Here is a"Theorbo" made by J. H. Goldt in Hamburg, Germany in 1734. This instrument now resides in the Albert & Victoria Museum.
- "Theorbo" made by luthier Micheal Rauch in 1762. Now in the Albert and Victoria Museum.
Paul: The "Theorbo" (Bass Lute) was invented in Pandua in the 1500's. The "Theorbo-Lute" is said to have been invented in 1594 by Italian Lutier, Piccinini. Offshoots of the Theorbo include an instrument called an Angelica. An "Angelica" was basically a "Theorbo" with seventeen single strings and tuned like a Harp (to a diatonic scale) and was "fretless" wich made it popular with ameteurs. The "Angelica" was treated like a harp. |
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