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Daniel Latorre offers a Arco soprano vihuela for sale, built by himself in 2006 and restored in 2016. Its design is based on various iconographies from the XV and XVI centuries. And it has a great sound despite its size. 5 strings. Vibrating length 360mm. Body and handle of a piece of sycamore. Spruce soundboard. […]
Daniel Latorre offers a new seven courses renaissance lute for sale. 9 ribs Vibrating length 600mm. Pine-spruce soundboard Maple staves Rosewood and maple plated handle Rosewood whisk and fillet Oil varnish This model is its own design, taking as reference Ian Harwood’s publications on proportions and designs in Renaissance lutes. The price is € 2,300 […]
All Gamut gimped gut gauges will have a discount of 50 %. This discount will be active until further notice.
All Knobloch guitar sets will have a discount of 15%. This promotion will remain active until further notice.
We are proud to announce that CD loaded synthetic gauges below 1.10 are now available on Cuerdas Pulsadas. The CD bass lute strings are smooth synthetic loaded strings characterized by a high, standardized specific weight, achieved by a loading extruding process with very thin metallic copper powder made in the range of 115 CD till […]
Currently, the study of the basso continuo is greatly hampered by the scarce material published for purely didactic purposes. Of the few existing methods, none really effectively combines the theoretical and practical part of performing accompaniment. On the one hand, the modern compendia that include the theory of the most important treaties of the […]
This time we have an interview with Jota Martínez, one of the leading specialists in Spain on medieval instruments, in connection with his latest project: an anthology of musical instruments in the Western Middle Ages that consists of a book and more 130 minutes of music where you can find out the details […]
Fernando Pérez puts on sale a baroque guitar, a copy of Stradivarius, by César Arias in 2010. Its main characteristics are: Based on Stradivari model. Vibrating length, 67,5cm Hard case included. Audio: https://soundcloud.com/therecordingconsort/fernando-perez-fernandez-canarios Audio: https://play.spotify.com/track/1Kvr1QEqLMxkZhbLiCdB3V It is in perfect condition and stands out especially for its beautiful timbre and comfort when playing it. Price: 1900€ […]
Rayman Seijas Marcano puts on sale a lute case available in Barcelona, Spain, at the home of luthier Gonzálo Pieters. Price: 80€ Contact: raymanseijas@gmail.com
Gerolamo Gallo, musico della Cappella Ducale di Genova Luciano Borzone (Genova, 1590 – Genova, 1645) (source) Some time ago I rediscovered the excellent research work made by Anne Marie Dragosits about one of the most famous lutenists and theorbo composers of all times, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger. The thesis is extremely interesting not only […]
