Auction: Musical Instruments - 2670TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: September 18, 2013 12:00PM
Description:
English Baroque Thirteen-course Lute, Thomass Goff and J.C. Cobby, London, 1955, labeled TRC GOFF ET JC COBBY, FECERUNT LONDINI, MCMLV, length of back 20 3/4 in., (527 mm),with case.
Estimate $600-800
Missing bass rider, broken at nut. the eleven courses with bass rider (loss),the fifteen fluted maple rib back, the mahogany neck, the spruce top.
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