theorbo lute

Of the various archlutes, the theorbo'd lute, or theorbo lute, most closely resembles the lute proper. It retained the lute's pairwise stringing with single chanterelle, and had either a second nut for carrying one or two open strings, or else a second pegbox set in a vertical continuation of the neck. The body was smaller and the strings far shorter than those of the theorbo. Praetorius depicts a testudo theorbata with rib fastener, and described it as having seven...