Baritone Signature

 Alkemi’s Signature rosette (& sound hole sticker) were inspired by a series of engravings by Robert Fludd (1574-1637) depicting the creation and evolution of the cosmos. Fludd is remembered as a prominent English physician, astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, philosopher and alchemist.  More about Fludd's Cosmos In an inverse of the 'big-bang' theory in which the cosmos emerges from a point, in the hermetic view of creation the Divine worked from the periphery to condense the material world out of spirit. In Fludd’s series we see the spiritual precursors of the four elements being condensed from the perimeter into the centre thus forming the material world. Many of Fludd’s striking illustrations were intended as a history of the 'macrocosm and microcosm', the ancient conception that saw common patterns reproduced across the cosmos, from the level of the universe (macrocosm) down to what we now refer to as the sub-atomic level (microcosm). According to Fludd, the music made by singers or instruments (musica instrumentis) represented but the shadow of the true and deeper internal music of the human body (musica humana) and the “music of the spheres” created by the movements of celestial bodies (musica mundana). Specifications SIGNATURE Profile: Baritone Top: Mahogany Back & Sides: Mahogany Neck: Mahogany Fingerboard: Rosewood Rosette: based on cosmological engravings by alchemist Robert Fludd (1574-1637) interpreted by Morgan de Villiers Fret markers: Signature Alkemi “Four Elements” at 12th Bridge: Rosewood Nut & Saddle: Black OEM Graphite Headstock: Mahogany with Techwood veneer Machine heads: Open Back Chrome Machine head pegs: Black Strings: Aquila Finish: Open pore satin Gig Bag included Sku: UKE B SIG   Measurements Baritone Profile Scale Length 514 Overall Instrument Length 773 Body Length 354 Number of frets 18 Width at upper bout 190 Width at lower bout 255 Width at waist 164 Soundhole diameter 82 Body Depth 81 Fingerboard width at nut 46 Fingerboard width at neck/body joint 47 Neck thickness at 1st fret 18.3 Neck thickness at body 23.8 Total number of frets 21.5 Brace material Spruce