Cittern
Object type: Cittern
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Georg Phillip Althenn
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1749
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
Geography:  Frankfurt am Main   Germany  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889