I agree with Alexander. The instrument is a 'cistre ou guithare
allemande' (French second half of 18th century) - and this sort of
cistre is nowadays described as Archicistre or Cistre theorbe, as
Alexander says.
In the photo the instrument is set up with single strings. But it would
Archicistre or Cistre theorbe, whichever suits best; certainly French, late 18th
century. Not sure that the bridge is original though; in any case it should be
movable and not as wide as it looks.
For more examples, go to: [1]http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/masc/
Then in the following sequence:
>Is there a standard name for this sort of early 20th-century
>lute-guitar-attiorbato whatever?
>[1]
http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/07/24/betty-viereck-formerly-south-hadley
As it seems, the strings run over the bridge and are attached under the
edge. Not exactly common.
Mathias
>
I've seen them usually referred to as Swedish lutes. And theorbos in
the Wandervogel era. And simply as lutes, gosh!
David
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It looks like a custom made instrument and there are more pegs then
strings...
Could be that they changed the original neck of this instrument.
100% it's not a standard guitar-lute (I have a similar instrument but
with a standard neck and I think it was made somewhere in
Hungaria
