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Title: Cittern
Maker:
Georg Phillip Althenn
Date: 1749
Geography: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Wood, various materials
Dimensions: Total length 79 cm, Fingerboard length 29 cm, Fingerboard width (top/ bottom) 5.1/ 6 cm, Body length 41.2 cm, Body width (widest/ narrowest) 29.2/ 4 cm, Body depth (neck/ foot) 6.1/ 5.4 cm, Vibrating length of strings 48.4 cm, Diameter of rosette 7.8 cm, Bridge height 2.2 cm.
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.1297
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