Martina Rosenberger wrote: .. > I'm not sure, if the nowadays Zither is meant,
It can't possibly be. The term Zither wasn't used for the Hackbrett until well into the 19th century. Before that "Zither" always meant cittern. http://www.waldzither.de/dat/histor.html .. > Can anybody help? Have you checked Studia Instrumentorum Musicae? http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/ That's the first place I would look. Quite a lot of info to plow through there, but that's half the fun! :-) Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com http://www.tablatvre.com http://www.mandolin-player.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
