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Archcitterns

Scope note

Bass citterns in use chiefly in France and Germany in the 17th and 18th centuries, patterned on the theorbo, with two peg boxes, one for the on-board strings which were stopped by the fingers, and one for the off-board unstopped strings. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000214844

Broader Terms used

citterns

Equivalent Terms used

archcittern

Created

13yrs ago

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