[CITTERN] Re: german/french cittern

2008-01-11 Thread Martina Rosenberger
I will see to it tomorrow, the light is too bad now for pics. But it is a rough one I've never seen before. "Brad McEwen" schrieb: > Martina: > > Do you have a clearer photo of the fan tuners on that one? > > Brad > > Martina Rosenberger

[CITTERN] Re: german/french cittern

2008-01-11 Thread Brad McEwen
Martina: Do you have a clearer photo of the fan tuners on that one? Brad Martina Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Stuart, there we are, back on Portuguese terrain. If this instrument is a PG, then it is a yet unknown, undescribed link between the old odd head and the

[CITTERN] Re: german/french cittern

2008-01-10 Thread Martina Rosenberger
Thank you Stuart, there we are, back on Portuguese terrain. If this instrument is a PG, then it is a yet unknown, undescribed link between the old odd head and the fan mechanic. The Portuguese site you came across shows a construction drawing of a German Waldzither to 'proof' that the PG was infl

[CITTERN] Re: german/french cittern

2008-01-10 Thread Stuart Walsh
Martina Rosenberger wrote: Hi all, I've found a very rare bite to chew: http://www.cetrapublishing.com/citterncafe/ a six-course cittern with the sizes of a small 19th cent. guitarra portuguesa, a 12 string Preston tuner and was obviously changed into a triple strung mandolin later. Any id