Malcolm Prior ~ Lutemaker
14 Course Theorbo after Koch, 1651 (Berlin)
Stringing 6 x 1 + 8 x 1 (850/1680mm)
Back - 15 ribs Kingwood with triple filets (holly/kingwood/holly)
Soundboard - European Spruce (picea abies)
Neck and pegbox - Veneered in ebony and kingwood
Pegs and bridge - stained cocobolo
Bridge - plum (prunus)
Fingerboard and belly edging - ebony (diospyros )
The instrument shown here was commissioned in 2007 by Rob Mackilllop on behalf of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, where Rob is currently Musician in residence.
Rob's own website - http://www.rmguitar.info/theorbo.htm is well worth a look. It includes soundfiles of this instrument being played, and also some photographs taken during its construction.
