====== Renaissance Guitar ======
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  * luthier [[https://lutesocietyofamerica.org/members/44287185/|Joseph Mayes]]; it was a covid time project made out of wood on hand
  * acquired at [[https://timbrefolk.com/|Timbre Folk & Baroque]] (Berkeley, CA) 
  * slight arch to the back
  * 366mm body length
  * 65mm body depth
  * 544mm scale length
  * 143 upper bout
  * 175mm lower bout 
  * 7 tied-on frets, 5 wooden frets
  * inside back has label with Joseph's signature and the date 4/22
==== Additional details from Joseph's email on 9/12/2024====
  * back and sides are cherry with holly spacers
  * top is Engleman spruce
  * fingerboard is bubinga.
  *soundboard is sealed with egg-whites. It should feel naked. The fingerboard should never need any attention.
  * the Stringing is:

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| loc | pitch | Joseph's email | [[https://www.stringsbymail.com/| Strings by mail - Traverse City, MI]] | 
^1st | a | pyramid 0.475 | [[https://www.stringsbymail.com/pyramid-rectified-nylon-0-475-019-single-string-8333.html|0.475]]|
^2nd | ee | 2x Savarez kf45 | [[https://www.stringsbymail.com/savarez-alliance-kf45-45-mm-0-0177-inches-single-string-3353.html|KF45]] |
^3rd | cc| 2x Savarez kf52 | [[https://www.stringsbymail.com/savarez-alliance-kf52-52-mm-0-0205-inches-single-string-3356.html|KF52]] |
^4th | gG | Pyramid 50 and Pyramid 906 | [[https://www.stringsbymail.com/pyramid-rectified-nylon-0-500-020-single-string-8335.html| 0.500]]  [[https://www.stringsbymail.com/pyramid-lute-silver-wound-906-0185-single-string-8356.html|906]]| 

  

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