Dear all cittern list members,
A friend of mine who owns an arch-cittern made in paris circa 1770 by
Laurent (see photo
http://cittern.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2107976%3APhoto%3A4383&context=user )
is looking for strings for his instrument.
The string lenght of the theorbe is 92cm and the string lenght of the
neck-fingerboard is 55,10 cm.
This instrument was usually tuned from low to high without the extra-basses
E-A-D-e-a-c#-e . The highest extra bass string was a D but I don't know
about the 4 others.
Please can anyone can tell us where we can find strings for this instrument?
Abbot Carpentier notices in his first recueil that the 4 first double course
are made with brass. The other simple strings are gut strings spun with
silver.
Thanks for your help,
Kind regards,
Damien Delgrossi.
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