Dear Stuart and All: > Could this Zacher instrument have been an older, 17th-century cittern that > was converted by the addition of a new neck and bridge? Or does it appear > to have been entirely constructed in the 18th century? > Cheers, > Jim > > It looks like an eighteenth century cittern (zister) to me. It's different from the later 1750s 4x2+2, English guitar-type instruments and it's different from earlier ones - it's chunkier, a rather different body outline, a deeper body. But it does have the traditional neck covering half the fingerboard.
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