Cittern
Object type: Cittern
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Date: 1824
Medium: Wood and various materials
Dimensions: Total length  74.5 cm., Fingerboard length  40 cm., Fingerboard width--top/bottom  5.5/ 5.5 cm.,
Body length:  41 cm.
Body width--widest/ narrowest:  7.9/ ca. 27.5 cm.
Body depth--neck/ foot:  6.5/ 6.1 cm.
Vibrating length of strings  54.2 cm., Diameter of sound hole  6.6 cm., Bridge height  1.4 cm.
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:     Germany  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889