I'm mostly certain that it is the Girolamo Virchi=20 instrument in the Kunsthistorisches Museum.=20 http://cittern.theaterofmusic.com/old/ferd.html
The "Strad" I believe is almost certainly also=20 originally by Virchi. For detailed information,=20 see the article by Jo=EBl Dugot and Florence=20 G=E9treau in the Kloster Michaelstein book (details=20 here:=20 http://cittern.theaterofmusic.com/articles/index.html),=20 "Citterns in French Public Collections.=20 Instruments and musical iconography." (There is a=20 somewhat corrupt copy of the same article=20 available here:=20 http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/view_by_stamp.php?label=3DIRPMF&action_to= do=3Dview&langue=3Den&id=3Dhalshs-00009495&version=3D1,=20 or follow the link from my articles page, above). Best, -Andrew At 03:27 PM 10/5/2007, Frank Nordberg wrote: >Just wondering if anybody here could help me out with this. > >I got this picture of a renaissance cittern from somebody: >http://www.musicaviva.com/renaissance-cittern.jpg >and it's driving me absolutely crazy! I *know* I've seen the picture >many times before but I just can't place it and I just can't remember >exactly which cittern it is. Thought it was the 1700 Stradivarius but >no. Very similar but not the same. >So, anbody please tell me what instrument this is so I can finally sleep >at night again! > > >Frank Nordberg >http://www.musicaviva.com >http://www.tablatvre.com > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
