> > On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:05 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: > > > it's definitely one of these things: > > > > http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/ZISTER/0632.htm > > Not only is it one of these things, but this is exactly the > instrument being copied. Apparently Steffen, the luthier, is a > friend of the guy who runs the site: in fact, it's his ex-professor. > So, if this site doesn't give them what they need... > -- > I wonder if there is a repertoire for these instruments? I know there are a few fragments in tablature.
I'm at work at the moment but I have some vague memory of sa publication by Bunsold, perhaps a collection of chorales, which may be for this instrument. It's odd that this instrument was around c.1750s-1780s but the waldzither instruments don't emerge until after 1800. Again from memory I think there may have been a similarity (as well as the chordal tuning)between this kind of arch-cittern and the waldzither in the way the strings fasten beyond the bridge - to a circular or ring thing. Also some books have illustrations of instruments just like this arch-cittern but supposedly from the late 17th century. I wonder if that is just a mistake? Stuart ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
