10 course Renaissance Lute by Magno Diffeprochur 1612.
This lute is made from locally harvested figured sycamore with an engelmann top. The back has black-white-black spacers between the ribs. It is finished to look “old”.

Here are basic specifications:

This lute is nearing completion and is based on an original lute made by Georg Gerle (Vienna SAM 31). The back is of figured koa. The top is Engelmann Spruce harvested locally in Idaho.

The rosette is adapted from an original design by M. C. Escher.  

Please inquire if you are interested as I am considering options for action and finish.

Based on an original lute made by Georg Gerle (Vienna SAM 31). It has a beautiful back of figured maple with contrasting spacers. The Engelmann top is finished to look “old”.

The lute has a very clear, even tone and the action is set to be easy to play. Here are some basic details:

Why would you want a Farrier rasp? What is a Farrier anyway?

Well, a farrier takes care of trimming and shoeing horses’ hooves.

They use a very large rasp about 14″ long and 1 3/4″ wide that has a very coarse side and a finer side.

Filing a lute rib edge smooth

Amazingly, these files only last a few days of rasping hooves before they are too dull, and require too many passes to flatten a hoof. Farriers typically throw them away or give away to someone who makes knives.

However, once they are too dull for farrier use they make GREAT rasps for shaping guitar or lute necks. They are also handy for jobs you would not expect because they look so aggressive. Their length and great width are handy for flattening at odd times as well.

I collect these rasps from time to time because we also have a horse and cattle ranch and am offering them to luthiers if you are interested. I clean them up, so if you want to give one a try, just let me know. You can buy new of course, for $25 or so, but they really ARE too sharp when new. I can send you a used one for $20 plus shipping.

Here is a really nice early 20th century Banjo-Ukulele.

It is a Model 5380 Lyon & Healy made by Washburn, serial #8701. The wooden resonator has dark and light wood marquetry inlays. The fingerboard and headstock have abalone inlays. This is a very attractive, playable instrument and appears to have spent most of its life in the case.

This 8-string guitar was made in 1972. The original top was sitca spruce, the back east indian rosewood, the neck honduran mahagony and the fingerboard of ebony.

The neck is laminated with a full-thickness center strip of ebony.

This guitar was stored for many years and developed a crack in the top. The top has been newly replaced with Englemann Spruce and braced with the classic Ramirez bracing design. It has been lightly refinished and has a wonderful tone.