Case Ideas

I the guitar came in a nice modern foam hardcase ¹⁾ and that is good for transport, but not for walking around at living history events. So I am exploring something my 16c counterpart might have made or had made to use in this setting.

My thanks to https://www.pinterest.co.uk/passamezzo/instrument-cases-15-17thc/ For gathering and posting some of the images below

Engraved Italian portrait from 1510, Suonatore di viola da mano, of Giovanni Filoteo Achillini (1466–1538). By Marcantonio Raimondi, after a lost original painting by Francesco Francia.

So larger, but still, a good idea for a hard case.

From https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69534380?rk=21459;2 – image only

https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&query=dc.subject%20adj%20%22achillini%2C%20giovanni%20filoteo%20%281466-1538%29%22 – info page

Currently for carrying the guitar while walking around I am wrapping it in a rectangle of wool and placing that in a shaped net bag I made out of hemp. This temporary solution is working well. Which of course means I am in no rush to make something else.