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Travis Carey Lutes, Six Course
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. This lute is also available in a 7- or 8-course version, or in a 10- or 11-course version that preserves most of the features of the Small Frei in its present state. 60 cm 6 course lute. This lute is my version of an early-to-mid-16th century instrument. No lutes survive intact from this period, and so the design is my own, based on the earliest known examples and on iconography from the period.
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Travis Carey Lutes, Eleven course
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. 11 course lute after Hans Frei, 70.5 cm. The back is of 11 curly maple ribs without spacers; the neck and pegbox are veneered in ebony, and there is an ebony binding on the belly. The fingerboard is arched approximately 2.5 mm at the nut end, giving a very comfortable and positive feel. Travis Carey, Luthier. Vancouver, BC V6P 5G5.
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Travis Carey Lutes
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. It took me a while to assemble the tools, materials and know-how, but I built my first lute - a 7-course, based on Ian Harwood's instructions in Charles Ford, ed., Making Musical Instruments. In the summer of 2002 I traveled to Vancouver and introduced myself to master lute maker Grant Tomlinson in his workshop. I had known about his work for a long time, having seen pictures of his lutes in Opus.
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Travis Carey Lutes, 7 and 8 course
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. Seven and Eight Course Lutes. 8 course lute after the C45 Tieffenbrucher, 62.5 cm. I also make this lute as a 9 course model, and as a 10 course with a string length of 64 cm. The back is of 17 ribs, either dark yew with sycamore spacers, or striped yew without spacers. The neck and pegbox are veneered in ebony, and there is an ebony edge binding on the belly. Other seven and eight course lute models.
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Travis Carey Lutes
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. My name is Travis Carey, and I am a lute maker in Vancouver, Canada. I started building lutes in 1997, and over the years have developed an extensive repertoire of historically based instruments. I am constantly in the process of developing new models, so if you don't see what you're looking for on this website, please feel free to contact me and we can discuss your needs. Travis Carey, Luthier.
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Travis Carey Lutes
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. In no particular order:. Lute Society of America. Grant Tomlinson, lute maker. Elizabeth Baber, soprano. If you have suggestions for other links, please email the webmaster at sten.hansen@sbcglobal.net. Travis Carey, Luthier. Vancouver, BC V6P 5G5.
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Travis Carey Lutes, 10 course
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. 10 course multi-ribbed lute after the C45 Tieffenbrucher, 67 cm. This lute is also available as an 8- or 9-course model. Travis Carey, Luthier. Vancouver, BC V6P 5G5.
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Travis Carey Lutes, Thirteen course
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Travis Carey, Luthier. Maker of Renaissance and Baroque lutes. Workshop Blog - The Lute's Progress. 13 course lute after Sebastian Schelle,. 70 cm to main pegbox, 94.8 cm to swan neck extension. The sound of this lute is characterized by an evenness of response across the stringband, excellent projection, and a beautifully free chanterelle all the way up the neck. Sound file of Robert Barto. Playing this lute (with the swan neck extension) at the LSA Workshop West in Vancouver, August 2011.