Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

In the store rooms of the Västmanland County Museum (Hallstahammar, Westmanna Arvet) in Sweden lies an interesting lute dating from the late seventeenth or the early eigthteenth century (inventory number 1040). Over the centuries it has been ill-used as well as clumsily repaired and is in the process of slow, but increasingly worrying deterioration. In spite of this deplorable condition the lute is in its original state and with all its important parts. Being one of the few eleven-course lutes from the period to have survived in its original state it is of great interest, particularly because of its small size. Te instrument has lived a life of obscurity and no detailed examination has been undertaken, nor is there much in the way of documentation...)
 

2012VOLUME LII Te Journal of the Lute Society

The Reverend Johan Nohrborg’s eleven-course lute