Stephen Murphy, born Sydney, Australia, May 26, 1942, is a lute maker located in Southern France at

Mollans-sur-Ouvèze Mollans-sur-Ouvèze (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Molan'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of ove ...

. He makes lutes,

archlute The archlute ( es, archilaúd, it, arciliuto, german: Erzlaute) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the ...

theorbo The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending ...

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...

and Baroque guitars and

vihuela The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...

s. Since 1972 he has built over 400 instruments based on originals from the 16th. and 17th century.

External links

Stephen Murphy lutemaker website
French luthiers Lute makers 1942 births Living people Australian emigrants to France People from Sydney {{France-music-bio-stub