Cittern, ca. 1685, Hamburg, Germany, German, Cypress, ivory, ebony, parchment, brass, Height: 24 7/8 in. (63.2 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked, Joachim Tielke (German, 1641–1719), The bell-shaped cittern was a specialty of the city of Hamburg and is properly referred to as the Hamburger Cithrinchen. It was a fashionable instrument from about 1650 to 1750 from which time several examples survive
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Cittern, ca, 1685, Hamburg, Germany, German, Cypress, ivory, ebony, parchment, brass, Height, 24 7/8, 63.2 cm, Chordophone-Lute-plucked, Joachim Tielke, 1641–1719, bell-shaped, cittern, specialty, city, properly referred, Hamburger Cithrinchen, fashionable instrument, 1650, 1750, time several, examples, survive
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