Hi Martin, I'm not an expert on Corsican cittern (yet), but I do know one or two things. For one thing, it's huge - at least the one Michele Raffaelli was playing at the conference Rob mentioned was huge - with a rather strange tuning: g' d' g gG d'd c'c bflatBflat aA . I'm not certain Michele's was tuned so high, but those are the intervals (seems to me it was more like d' on top). There are several types of cittern in Corsica, and a quick search will turn up several sites and makers.
I hung out quite a bit with Michele at the conference but had to leave before he gave his presentation, so I don't know what he said and why James Tyler would find problems with it, plus I don't read French so can't comment on his take of the history. I do know that, however the instrument appeared on the island, it is held in esteem as an important "native" instrument. Doc To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
