Global InformationCithrinchen information
 Cithrinchen or Bell cittern by Joachim Tielke in the V&A Museum, London, UK. | |
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| Other names | Bell cittern, Citrinchen, Hamburger cithrinchen |
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The Cithrinchen or Bell cittern was a distinctively shaped instrument of the renaissance and baroque periods. It was usually strung with doubled courses of thin, light tension brass or steel strings. It usually had 3 soundholes (with decorative roses) and 5 (or sometimes 6 or more) courses (pairs) of strings. It was popular in Germany, England and Sweden. [1][2][3][4][5]
Most such instruments built nowadays are reconstructions of historical instruments, or modern mandolin-type instruments which simply use the same body shape as the historical Cithrinchen.
- ^ "Zistern".
- ^ "ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - cittern".
- ^ "Hamburger Cithrinchen".
- ^ "Cithrinchen".
- ^ "Cithrinchen - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek".