An attempt at making a cheap and accessible student lute that can be printed on a standard FDM 3D printer, and be similar enough in tone and playing style to be useful for learning the fundamentals.
Various instruments of the Renaissance-Baroque lute family will hopefully become available. Currently, only one instrument is being worked on.
- Lutekulele WIP - A lute-shaped ukelele, strung in doubled courses and tuned g-c-e-a, with the G course in octaves and all others in unison. Tuned like a renaissance guitar, and thus already has a repetoire. Primarily a proof-of-concept that this project is at all possible. Could charitably be called a "mandore" or "mandolino", and restrung to have a more historical tuning of g-f-g-f or g-c-g-c.
- Medieval Lute - An early medieval lute, 4 strings in double courses.
- 6c Tenor Renaissance Lute - The goal of this project.
- 12c Baroque Lute - Hopefully. I doubt this kind of thing is possible.
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