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About the magno dieffopruchar as an 11course baroque lute

The description refers to a standard version of the instrument.

Back: 9 ribs of figured maple with black fillets.

Neck: Soft wood veneered with ebony.

Pegbox: Maple veneered with ebony.

Soundboard: European spruce

String length: 67cm

Frets: 9 tied gut frets / 3 wooden frets

Pegs: Fruitwood

Bridge: Fruitwood with a top of ebony

Fingerboard: Ebony

Courses: 11

The original is one of the rare surviving 6-course lutes. It was made in 1550 by magno dieffopruchar in Venice, back and neck consisting entirely of ivory with fillets of ebony.