[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think the instrument is from the 19th century - a Toggenburger Halszither.
Yes, that's it! And that means it's not even German. My - rather feeble - excuses for getting it wrong is the mistaken nationality and those two pips on its shouldrs which made me think 16th 17th century. ;-) Here's one that's almost a dead ringer for the one in Edinburgh btw: http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/ZISTER/0615.htm >>It may be a stupid question, but what exactly is a folk cittern? > > An intriguing question�I didn�t think it was controversial. Not controversial as far as I'm concerned. I just wasn't sure if I understood the term correctly. Frank To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
