Technical drawings – string

Full size technical drawings, suitable for building copies of the original instruments, are available on paper or plastic. We do not hold complete stocks of  drawings on plastic so  orders may take longer to fulfil. Included in the price of each drawing are photographs and data sheets as described.

Chitarra [guitar] attributed to Matteo Sellas, Venice, c 1640 (Inv no 279)
5 courses: (5 x 2) strings, 10 strings in total. Macaulay Collection. Drawn by Darryl Martin, 1998 (new drawing replacing previous). One sheet. Catalogue extract. Medium-resolution photograph: top of front with rose, full size. Photographs: front; back; right; quarter front/right; top of front with rose, full size

Hurdy-gurdy, low countries? (Inv no 292)
Reid Collection. Drawn by Peter Barnes, 1985. One sheet. Photographs: quarter front/top.

Terz guitar, France, Germany or Austria, 1815-1830 (Inv no 298)
6 strings. Macaulay Collection. Drawn by Darryl Martin, 1995. One sheet. Photographs: front

Arch-lute, Martinus Harz, Rome, 1665 (Inv no 300)
14 courses: (6 x 2) + (8 x 1) strings, 20 strings in total. Macaulay Collection. Drawn by Anthony Edge, 1987. One sheet. Photographs: front; back; right; quarter back/right; upper box front; upper box back; upper box right; upper box quarter back/right; rose; rose illuminated from inside; case back; case quarter front/left; case opened quarter front/right.

Mandurina, probably Vinaccia, Naples, early 18th century (Inv no 303)
6 courses: (6 x 2) strings, 12 strings in total. Macaulay Collection. Drawn by Darryl Martin 1993. One sheet. Photographs: front; back.

Guitare decacorde, Lacôte, Paris, 1826 (Inv no 767)
5 + 5 strings. Macaulay Collection. Drawn by Gary Southwell, 1985. One sheet. Photographs: front; back; right.

Guitar, Fabricatore, Naples, 1822 (Inv no 770)
6 strings. Macaulay Collection. Drawn by Darryl Martin, 1992. One sheet. Photograph: front.

Guitar, Panormo, London, c1845 (Inv no 2014)
6 strings. Drawn by Darryl Martin, 1995. One sheet. Photographs: front and back, outsides; front and back, insides; head

Guitar, Lacôte, Paris, c1830 (Inv no 2521)
6 strings. Ex-Wilfrid Appleby. Drawn by Darryl Martin, 1992. One sheet. Photographs: front; back; quarter front/left; head; head with separated machines.

Lute, labelled Matheus Buchenberg; probably Padua, early 17th century, possibly c 1620 (Inv no 3249)
9 courses, 1 + (8 x 2) strings, 17 strings in total. Drawn by Darryl Martin, 1993. One sheet. Photographs: front; back; left; quarter front/underneath/left; pegbox; rose; back of neck and pegbox.

Guitar, Iberia, c1740-1750 (Inv no 3369)
5 courses: (3 x 2) + (2 x 3) strings, 12 strings in total. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh. Drawn by Darryl Martin, 2003. One sheet. drawing price includes two sheets of medium-resolution photographs. Notes on same sheet as Staufer (3838). Other photographs: available only from the National Museums of Scotland.

Guitar, Johann Georg Staufer, Vienna, 1829; Luigi Legnani model (Inv no 3838)
Drawn by Darryl Martin, 2004. One sheet; price includes two sheets of medium-resolution photographs. Notes on same sheet as Iberia 3369. Photographs: front and back