Liuto cantabile

Liuto Cantabile
Raffaele Calace holding a Liuto Cantabile, c. 1900.

String instruments

Plucked string instruments
Other namesLiuto Moderno
Related instruments

Family

The liuto cantabile, also termed a liuto moderno, is an uncommon ten-stringed mandocello. This bass variant of the mandolin family was developed by the Neapolitan luthiers of the Vinaccia family in the late 19th century and perfected by Raffaele Calace. The scale of a modern Calace-manufactured liuto cantabile is 61 cm (24"). The instrument overlaps or is equivalent to the mandolone and mandocello.

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