New patient

After I finished Junior I got a new patient in. And it is a special one...... a Lute Guitar also known as a Guitar Lute, a Lutar or a Wandervogellaute. It is an instrument which has the body, same scale lengths and thin neck of a lute but is strung up as a guitar. The peg head is not that from a lute nor it is a traditional guitar head stock. It looks more like a violin or viola peghead. 

The issue this instrument has is that it once was used as a stair. The back did not take that very well.. It was mended but not really need. I am taking a look at it to see if I can get it any better.

Also the carved rosette has a nasty crack. Will have to see if I can do anything about that also. First I am reading in in to the world of lute building. After this project I hope I can call myself a real Luthier since lute building is where the name originates from....