Descant Lute, 7 Courses – Lacewood

The 7-course Descant Lute lacewood is a beautiful short necked sized lute. Descant, refers to its size; placing this lute just above the alto lutes. It usually carries 13 strings in 7 courses with a scale length of 19.75″ (500mm). The European lute is featured in instrumental music from the early Renaissance to the late Baroque periods. Its early origins are vague, but its real heritage comes from the Egyptian Oud. There is evidence of the lute in Europe as early as the 12th century, but it really became popular in the 15th century, falling out of use around 1800. The lute enjoyed a revival with the early music movement of the twentieth century and has grown in popularity.

• The body has a classic bowl back fashioned from Lace-wood staves
• Neck is made of Lacewood
• Fingerboard is made of Ebony
• 8 tied gut frets, 4 wooden frets
• It’s peg box is aesthetically decorated, Made of lacewood with Cocuswood pegs
• Solid Sitka spruce soundboard with Lacewood bridge, and Lacewood end pin
• Suggested tuning is: G2G3 A2A3 D3D4 G3G3 B3B3 E4E4 A4
• It also includes padded gig bag and extra string set