Archlute, ca. 1725, Rome, Italy, Italian, Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, Height: 70 3/4 in. ( cm

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Archlute, ca. 1725, Rome, Italy, Italian, Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, Height: 70 3/4 in. ( cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked, David Tecchler (Austrian, Salzburg 1666–1747 Rome), Sometime after the invention of the chitarrone ('large kithara') in Florence around 1585, various local forms of long-necked lutes were developed. One variant appearing in Rome at the end of the sixteenth century, dubbed the Roman arch lute, accommodated unfretted diatonic bass strings and was tuned to a pitch standard of about 386 hertz (a full step below the modern pitch standard), and was used in many churches

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