8 COURSE ROSEWOOD LUTE W/ HARD CASE & BOOK!~NEW Start Price USD 494.25 Current Price USD 494.25 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, October 09, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 Location Daphne, AL. See more about '8 COURSE ROSEWOOD LUTE W/ HARD CASE & BOOK!~NEW' Description 8 COURSE ROSEWOOD LUTE W/ HARD CASE & BOOK #LUTE ~NEW Rosewood body, neck and fingerboard, ebony pegs Rosewood and Mulberry staves, Includes case, extra strings and instruction book Rosette carved in light Spruce soundboard Unique sound.Retails for $719.00   The ancient Middle Eastern culture, famous for its love of art and scientific technology, was home to some of our world's earliest musical instrument makers. The Book of Psalms, that most poetic chapter of The Holy Bible, makes mention of "the lute" several times, although the stringed instrument referred to there was much different from the ones we recognize by that name today. "It is good ... to declare thy steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute ... " Psalms 92: 1-3The Lute Body is made with stave construction. The alternating light and dark rosewood of the body is a beautiful visual contrast to the light spruce soundboard and the dark rosewood neck. They have four fixed wooden frets on the soundboard and eight movable nylon frets on the neck. There is one intricately carved rosette sound hole in the light spruce soundboard. There are 15 strings in 8 courses. The peg box is at an acute angle to the neck. Each Lute is shipped in a vinyl hard sided case with cloth interior.This lute features a Rosewood body, neck and fingerboard, ebony pegs, Rosewood and Mulberry staves, 8 course, fixed and movable frets, rosette carved in light spruce soundboard. 22 inch vibrating chord. Includes case, extra strings and instruction book.Tuning the Lute All stringed instruments are shipped de-tuned. This removes the tension on the neck to lessen the chances of accidental breakage during shipping. Do not tune the lute higher than G above middle C, the bridge can be pulled off the soundboard. Please be careful. Use peg dope for smoother action.Click here to listen to this lute!All item are in stock at the time of auction, however, at times, we may temporarily and unexpectedly run out of an item. While it is never expected or anticipated, it is a possibility and we would like you to know how we will handle the situation should it occur. We would notify you immediately and give you the following options: 1) We will place your item on Backorder and ship as soon as new product arrives. 2)We will substitute with an item of equal or greater value. 3) We will issue an immediate and FULL refund. All refunds are issued via PayPal. We can not ship to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, or to other international addresses unless special arrangements are made. No APO, FPO, P.O. 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