Frank Nordberg wrote: >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 > > > But in the link you give below - the Studia Instrumentorium - under 'zithern' there are illustratons of zithern that aren't citterns and they're from before the 19th century. E.g.: http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/ZITHER/0417.htm
Kratzzithern and scheitholtzithern. I once bought some 'epinette de vosges' plans from Paris, of instruments from the 17th-19th century and some of them look just like these kratzzithern. (Am I getting my German plurals right?). >.. > > 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! :-) > > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
