[CITTERN] Re: 12-c Saxon cittern

2006-12-03 Thread Roger E. Blumberg
From: Doc Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:12:28 +0100 To: Cittern NET cittern@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [CITTERN] 12-c Saxon cittern A builder in Germany has just contacted me about a commission they have received to build a 12-course cittern based on an existing

[CITTERN] arch-citterns [was: 12-c Saxon cittern]

2006-12-03 Thread Andrew Hartig
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

[CITTERN] a curious instrument in the VA with an even more curious description

2006-12-03 Thread Stuart Walsh
I went to the VA in London yesterday - for the first time in years (and had to leave after about 40 minutes because the musical instrument section had to be closed down because of short staff! This on a Saturday morning.) There is an instrument in with the citterns, from c.1780 and it's from

[CITTERN] Re: arch-citterns [was: 12-c Saxon cittern]

2006-12-03 Thread Roger E. Blumberg
From: Andrew Hartig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:03:11 -0800 To: cittern@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [CITTERN] arch-citterns [was: 12-c Saxon cittern] At 10:37 AM 12/3/2006, Roger E. Blumberg wrote: No-one seems to have mentioned Ceterone yet, a theorboed-cittern, twelve or