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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I have however completed a 12,000 word journal article on how I made it for the Lute Society website, so it should be online in a month or so. It wil also be printed in hardcopy for the FOMRHI journal at some stage (http://www.fomrhi.org/)
There will also be a full length journal article at some stage detailing the research as well as the construction, this will probably be put on the FOMRHI website. It will be around 30,000 words.
When I get a workshop I will hopefully try and build another based on what I have learnt building the first one.
(I have no grasp of history)
But does it djent?
(Oops, wrong forum)
It was possibly a custom instrument comissioned by a lutenist who enjoyed the range of notes provided by a harp or perhaps a harpist who wanted a more compact/portable instrument to play. It really could be any number of reasons.
Italian music was starting to be very popular in Germany at the time (17th Century) and the use of accompaniment such as Basso Continuo was becoming more common. Potentially it is a lute type instrument that could be used for such a technique without being overly cumbersome like its Theorbo and Chitarrone counterparts.
Either way it needs a fair bit more investigation, I wouldn't claim to have the expert level of knowledge regarding musical instruments or music performance paractice in 17th Century Germany to be able to give you the best answer.
Thats why hopefuly when the work is published people with far more knowledge than me will come forward and correct me or offer additional sources of information regarding the instrument.
Joking aside hats off to you.