Laud

Shaped like the bandurria, but it is bigger with a longer neck and with two f sound holes, usually plays the lower notes in accompaniments, counterparts, and in unison with the bass. The old original laud, better known as the "lute", has a round body in the shape of a half pear, a flat neck with seven or more frets, and a separate pegbox bent back at an angle.

Scale length: 19 1/4 in.(distance from the nut to the bridge) Tuning head length:10 1/2in. Tuning head width: 2 3/8 - 2 5/8 in. Fingerboard length: 13 1/2 in. Fingerboard width at Nut: 2 in. at last Fret: 2 3/8 in. Frets: Total: 18 Clear of body joint: 12(usually marked with double dots)

Total length : 33 in. Body length: 12 7/8 in. Body width: 11 3/8 in. Sound hole - f : 4 1/8 in. long Rim depth: 3 3/8 in. Bridge width: 4 1/4 in. Bridge height: 7/16 in. Bracing: Parallel

No. of Strings: 14 String gauges: 1st course(3 strings) G unwound steel: .010 in. 2nd course(3 strings) D unwound steel: .012 in. 3rd course(3 strings) A copper-wound steel: .018 in. 4th course(2 strings)E copper-wound steel: .032 in. 5th course(2 strings) B copper-wound steel: .040 in. 6th course(1 string) F# copper-wound steel: .048 in.

TUNING

• The laud is tuned exactly the same as the bandurria except one octave lower.

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