Cithrinchen

The Cithrinchen or Bell cittern was a distinctively shaped instrument of the renaissance and baroque periods. It was usually strung with doubled courses of thin, light tension brass or steel strings. It usually had 3 soundholes (with decorative roses) and 5 (or sometimes 6 or more) courses (pairs) of strings. It was popular in Germany, England and Sweden. [1][2][3][4][5]

Cithrinchen
Cithrinchen or Bell cittern by Joachim Tielke in the V&A Museum, London, UK.
String instrument
Other namesBell cittern, Citrinchen, Hamburger cithrinchen
Related instruments

Most such instruments built nowadays are reconstructions of historical instruments, or modern mandolin-type instruments which simply use the same body shape as the historical Cithrinchen.

  • Cithrinchen in the Met Museum, New York, USA.
    Cithrinchen in the Met Museum, New York, USA.
  • Cithrinchen in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany
    Cithrinchen in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany
  • Cithrinchen in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany, front view
    Cithrinchen in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany, front view
  • Cithrinchen in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany, rear view
    Cithrinchen in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany, rear view


References
  1. "Zistern".
  2. "ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - cittern".
  3. "Hamburger Cithrinchen".
  4. "Cithrinchen".
  5. "Cithrinchen - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek".
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