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----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Forrester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cittern" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 10:52 AM Subject: [CITTERN] citterns in Corsica > Dear All, > > Almost all that I know on the subject comes from Patrick Delaval in 1992, > so > may be out of date. The cittern seems to be called cetera still in > Corsica. > Of 9 instruments known in 1992, 8 were chromatically fretted, > equal-tempered > and 19th c. The other was discovered in Merusaglia village in 1976. It > has > 8 double courses, is diatonically fretted and has unequal temperament. > Although constructed from pieces, its shape is similar to carved-out > Italian > instruments - sloping sides, comb for string attachment, vertical pegs in > a > peg-head. (The later chromatic instruments seem similar in the one photo I > have). String length 61cm approx. A drawing is(?) available from: > Gruppu Munimenti > PIGNA 20220 Ile rousse > Corsica > An ms, dating from around 1720, has been discovered. > Information is in a book available from(?): > E Voce di U Cumune > PIGNA 20220 > Corsica > A search on the internet for 'Merusaglia cetera' found the website of Ugo > Casalonga whose site contains more information. He is a maker producing > Corsican citterns today. email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I would be glad of any updated information. > > Peter > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
