Here are the answers (in short form) of the three cittern scholars I asked:
Urs Klauser, Switzerland: Toggenburger, yes, but the tailpiece is not typical, so it could be older than 19th century. Dr. Andreas Michel, studia instrumentorum: Toggenburger, yes, probably 19th century Dr. Josef Focht, Munich the body maybe this old (18th century), built in the south of Germany, but the neck and stringing is not orgininal so it probably was adapted in the 19th century to the current fashion or perhaps went to Switzerland and was altered in the described way. Martina PS: how often does the cittern net distribution fail? I had to ask Doc Rossi to forward my lost mail from sunday afternoon...... I had pictures as an attachment, too. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
