Hi all, Since Wayne's list does not accept attachments, I offered to Andy to post the pics on my site for distribution to all. The URL is http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/old/34cm_eng.html . As more information about this instrument becomes available, I will post it there.
Please note: There are two sets of images -- smaller, cropped images on the page and larger, uncropped images (the ones Andy sent) linked to the smaller images on the page. Enjoy (and many thanks to Andy Rutherford and Ben Hebbert for making these available!), Andrew http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com At 08:06 PM 4/6/2007, Andrew Rutherford wrote: >Hi Citternophiles, > >Ben Hebbert, the guy from Christie's, sent me these photos of the >recently-sold ($180,000 to the Shrine to Music Museum in S. Dakota) >probably-English cittern, to pass out to the cittern community. > >I'll be back in a couple days with basic measurements. I'm also >working on a fairly basic drawing. > >andy rutherford > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: "Hebbert, Benjamin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:08:40 +0100 >Subject: RE: that cittern >To: Andrew Rutherford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Benjamin Hebbert > >CHRISTIE'S > >Musical Instruments >85 Old Brompton Road >London >SW7 3LD > >Tel: +44 (0) 20 7752 3368 >Fax: +44 (0) 20 7321 3321 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Andrew Rutherford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:56 PM >To: Hebbert, Benjamin >Subject: that cittern > > >Hi Ben, > >Hope you had an exciting auction today. Sorry i couldn't go. Did >anyone purchase that cittern? I've made a fairly crude drawing of it >that you're welcome to a copy of. > >If you could send front back and side photos of the cittern, I could >disseminate them (if that's the word I'm looking for) to the internet >cittern group; my photos are mostly close-ups and/or blurry. > >The more I think about it, the more like an English viol that >instrument seems, esp the carving at the heel and pegbox. >I did get a bit of a look at the label with my camera. The P is >definitely there. It looks to be stamped. There's also something that >looks like cca or tta at the end of that line. It looks like P###### >#####cca. Petrarca! And down in the right corner is written what >might be 1593 or 1993 or maybe 1693. Or maybe it isn't a 3?? Take a >look if you still have the instrument... > >andy rutherford > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >Visit www.christies.com to explore special multi-media sale >promotions, browse our illustrated catalogues and leave absentee bids >through LotFinder(R), Christie's online search engine. > >This message and any attachment are confidential. If you are not the >intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete >the message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the >intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or >disclose the contents to any other person. > >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
