archcitterns

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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.
archcitterns
Accepted term: 20-Jan-2025