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.
- Date of creation: 13-May-2024
Accepted term: 13-May-2024