The girl is playing a type of theorbo that combined two ranges of strings with separate peg boxes; the base strings (longer) went to the straight pegbox that peeks from behind the girl's head. The other lute strings went to the bent pegbox.[1]
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↑(1997) Musical Instruments of the World, Category:New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., p. 186 ISBN: 0-8069-9847-4. "Theorbo-lute...hybrid instrument with the bent peg box of the lute and the long base strings of the theorbo."
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