At 10:37 AM 12/3/2006, Roger E. Blumberg wrote: >No-one seems to have mentioned "Ceterone" yet, a theorboed-cittern, twelve >or fourteen courses, pretty well documented since the early 1600's according >to the article at Wikipedia, one tuning is given below
It may not have been mentioned because it may not relate? There are actually several references to citterns with longer string lengths / dual-pegboxes from the 16th C. onward. I list some below in no particular order: -Thomas Robinson's 14c. cittern (but small instrument based on left-hand stretches?) -Campi's [Canpi's] 12c. ceterone -Monteverdi's call (1609) for 2 "ceteroni" (opposed to chitaroni) in Orfeo -Balsamino (1594) describes the tuning for his 7c. "cetarissima" -P.P. Melii's 9c. "citara tiorbata" -Praetorious's 12c. instrument -Mersenne (1636) mentions a "cisteron" of 14 courses -Zarlino (1558) mentions that the Spanish use a "ceterone" (with no further details?) -Evaristo Baschenis (and followers/associates) depicts what may be a cittern with multiple pegboxes (# of courses not determined). Peter Forrester has suggested that there may be a relation between some of the tunings and lirone tuning? Perhaps he can enlighten us further. (Also, thanks to Peter for sharing information on many of the sources I listed above.) I am woefully behind on updating the "ceterone" portions of my page.... I would welcome any further input or information. -Andrew http://cittern.theaterofmusic.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
