Based on the Jacquemart Andrèe Vihuela I'm building my vihuelas. As I mentioned the string length was 76 cm or probably 80 cm. As this is too much for the available music, I reduced the size and the string length for this model. But anyway there is enough place for the five roses, that I want to place too.
Basically I use a string length of 69 cm. With this still long string legth the instrument should be tuned in e. But reducing the string length down to 64 cm is possible too.

This vihuela model will have the following features:

• The sides made out of maple or cypress
• The back will have 2 pieces from the same wood of the sides. It will have 3 cross going bars.
• Top made out of fine european spruce, having only one rose from parchment, inlay around the edge to give a good protection
• The neck is made out of maple.
• The fretboard is made from box- or plumwood.
• The string length is 69 cm.
• The pegbox is made out of maple.
• For the pegs I use plum wood, a very good wood for this purpose or boxwood.
• The mould is varnished with french polishing