http://www.nulime.com/Lute-String-Musical-Instruments-c3310.htmlLute in Musical Instrumentsen-usCopyright 2003-2008 NuAlpha, Inc.Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:01:30 GMThttp://www.nulime.com/c3310The Lute Body is made with stave construction. The alternating light and dark rosewood of the body is a beautiful visual contrast to the light spruce soundboard and the dark rosewood neck. They have four fixed wooden frets on the soundboard and eight movable nylon frets on the neck. There is one intricately carved rosette sound hole in the light spruce soundboard. There are 15 strings in 8 courses. The peg box is at an acute angle to the neck. <a href="http://www.nulime.com/info_pages/lutes.html">More information on lutes</a>http://www.nulime.com/Lute-String-Musical-Instruments-c3310.html