http://www.archguitar.com/a_brief_hist_v2_2.swf
The German luthier, Wolfgang Emmerich, made a copy of a baroque archguitar from a painting.
Rob MacKillop got hold of it for a few days and made this video.
What is an archguitar?
The archguitar is a modern instrument designed by Peter Blanchette and Walter Stanul in 1980. Archguitars can have from 9 to 11 strings, giving them a much larger musical range than 6-string guitars.
Most of Blanchette's recordings are of baroque, renaissance and modern classical music,
though the instrument lends itself well to all acoustic styles.