Price (Item Level): 29,500 gp (16th)
Body Slot: —
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Faint; (DC 17) abjuration, conjuration, and transmutation
Activation: Standard (manipulation)
Weight: 3 lb.
This finely wrought instrument functions as a masterwork lute with minor magical effects in the hands of someone with 1 or more ranks in Perform (string instruments). By speaking the correct command words, such a musician can use levitate and magic circle against evil once per day each.
A musician with 5 or more ranks in Perform (string instruments) can coax additional magical effects from this instrument. By playing a single chord on the lute, such a performer can generate an expeditious retreat, haste, or phantom steed effect. Each of these abilities is usable once per day.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, expeditious retreat, haste, levitate, magic circle against evil, phantom steed, creator must have 5 ranks in Perform (string instruments).
Cost to Create: 14,750 gp, 1,180 XP, 30 days.
Source: Complete Adventurer, page 133.