Luc Breton of Lausannes Switzerland.
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Year:
July 1985, labelled, signed and inscribed in french by the maker.
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Body:
Cherrywood body, ebony-veneered neck and boxwood peg-box. All in near-perfect condition.
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Front:
Spruce, lightly polished, with an intricate carved rose.
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Tuners:
Beautifully-proportioned peg-box and peg-box extension. With 19 tuning pegs altogether. Two pegs have been replaced with identical design but lighter in colour..
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Scale:
Effective string length 63cm. The free bass strings are 68 cm vibrating length.
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Neck Width:
Eight gut frets and four further ones set into the spruce table. 83mm at the nut
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Condition:
A simply superb 10-course late Renaissance lute in outstanding, near-perfect condition. There are no repairs, no cracks and hardly any marks at all. Tuned in G - 1st string then D,A,F,C,G,F,E or E flat,D,C.
The case is mechanically sound but has lost much of its fabric covering. The new buyer would probably wish to replace the case. -
Comments:
This superbly-crafted lute is one of two for sale made for JULIAN BREAM by the renowned Swiss luthier Luc Breton and which Julian describes as "gems of lute-maker's craft". Luc Breton confirms these are his normal design lutes that are not modified for guitarists. They were played extensively by Julian Bream as a solo instrument and with the Julian Bream Consort in recordings and in public performances from 1986 until 1993 when he retired from lute playing. See RCA Victor Vol.7 - Fantasies, Ayres & Dances and Vol.17 - Two Loves. Both near-identical lutes are much more authentic in construction than some of the metal-fretted ones he had in earlier years. What a rare opportunity to grab in one, a superb instrument and a part of Julian Bream lute performance history. Including the original custom-fit case, which is serviceable but has lost much of its fabric covering; needs a new case really.
Luc Breton - Click here to find out more about this maker
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Price:
GBP7500 including old case. Commission sale - No additional VAT to add.
- Availability:
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