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> From: "Martina Rosenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 18 April, 2005 13:02:28 GMT+02:00 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Fw: A German cittern in Edinburgh > > Hallo Doc, > for the second time I can't place this mail via citten net > could you please try to send it as a forward mail ......? > Thank you > Martina > =A0 > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Martina Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: Cittern NET <[email protected]> > Datum: Montag, 18. April 2005 09:13 > Betreff: Fw: A German cittern in Edinburgh > > > =A0 > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Martina Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: Cittern NET <[email protected]> > Datum: Sonntag, 17. April 2005 15:00 > Betreff: A German cittern in Edinburgh > > > Hallo again > =A0 > This instrument looks indeed like an ancestor or old edition of a > Toggenburger Cittern. The swiss instrument is tuned C GGG ccc eee ggg > until now. The string tension is very low, very soft and the triple > strings are easily played with fingertips because they are so narrow > together. The "third" string is placed just between the "normal two". > I will send the pictures to my contact in Switzerland, Urs Klauser, > the owner of the attached re-built instrument. > Perhaps there will be some new answer there. > The Thuringer Waldzither had 13 to 14 strings, too, but the oldest > pictures I have (from the early 19th century) do not resemble the > Edinburgh instrument much. > The two instruments are from Georg Nikolaus K=F6llmer, the pictures are > from the exhibition "Thuringer Zithern aus drei Jahrhunderten" in > Suhl, Thuringia, Germany in 2003. > =A0 > with regards > =A0 > Martina > =A0 > 18.4.05 > Hallo, > strangely i didn't receive my own letter for the cittern net > yesterday.Did You? > I have answer from my swiss contact and he too claims this instrument > to be a Toggenburger, mainly but with a few unanswered questions. > The tailpiece is not typical, that could mean that it is older than > 19th century. > The german link for Toggenburger instruments is > http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/zist_togg_hals.htm > =A0 > greetings > =A0 > Martina > =A0 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
