Laouto from Constantinople (lavuta)
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Laouto from Constantinople (lavuta)
LAGOUTO;
Εμμανουήλ Βένιος
;Fivos Anoyanakis
19ος αιώνας
950 cm x 291 cm x 143.5 cm (Number of strings: 7, string length: 682 mm, headstock dimensions: 161 x 34 mm, neck length: 319 mm, fingerboard width at the bridge: 34 mm, fingerboard width at the beginning of the body: 39 mm, sound hole diameter: 95 mm, saddle length: 145 mm, centre of saddle height: 6.5 mm, number of ribs: 19, body dimensions: 466 x 291 x 137 mm, body circumference: 445 mm.)
Laouto from Constantinople, 950 mm in length, probably made by Emmanouil Venios (?) in Constantinople. It has a headstock with 7 keys and an equal number of strings (4 plastic and 3 gut strings). The instrument has a bone bridge, 11 gut berdes, a pickguard and a wooden saddle, the ends of which form peacock heads in relief. Its body consists of 19 ribs and has inlaid wooden bindings in a wavy shape. It is densely decorated with inlaid vegetal patterns and designs, made of ivory and tortoise shell. An inlaid star with a crescent moon next to it can also be seen on the top of its body.