Hi: Oh, dear. I wish I spoke something more than just English. Brad Frank Nordberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stuart Walsh wrote: > > 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.
Hmmm... The way I understood it "Kratzzither" and "Scheitholtzither" are modern terms for the 18th century instrument. Another place at the same site (http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/zist_def.htm) it says (after defining the cittern): " Bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts wurden in Deutschland als Zithern " ausschließlich Kastenhalslauten im oben definierten Sinne " verstanden. But you're right. Dr. Michel, who wrote both these pages, seems to contradict himself a little there. I have emailed him about it. Hopefully he'll have time to reply. Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. --
