Scan 186
Catalogue of the Stearns collection of musical instruments, 1918
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11077. BANDURRIA. Cittern type ……………………………………… Spain
2Flat, oval body, the back and sides of which are made of black wood, and inlaid with a floral design in light-colored wood. Fourteen wire strings and the same number of frets. Played with a shell plectrum. Pitches:—f sharp, c sharp', f sharp', b', e'', a''.
3Length, 70 cm.; of body, 35 cm.; width, 32.5 cm.; depth, 5.7 cm.
51078. THURINGIAN LUTE ……………………………………… Germany
6Flat cittern model. Six pairs of wire strings. Thirteen metal frets.
7It is understood that all the instruments in this group have frets, the number varying from ten to fourteen, occasionally more.
8Length, 81 cm.; of body, 38 cm.; width, 27.5 cm.; depth, 5 cm.
101079. VIOLA D'ARAME ……………………………………… Madeira
11Flat cittern model. Six pairs of wire strings.
12Length, 75 cm. Width, 26 cm. Depth, 7.5 cm.
141080. BANDURRIA ……………………………………… France
15Flat, oval body. Four pairs of wire strings.
16Length, 57 cm. Width, 20.5 cm. Depth, 3.2 cm.
181081. BANDURRIA. Unusual shape. Ten wire strings…………. France
19Deep pear-shaped body. Five pairs of strings, two of over-spun silk, two of gut and one of wire.
20Length, 63 cm. Width, 22 cm. Depth, 10 cm.
221082. CITTERN, or BANDURRIA ……………………………………… Portugal
23Cittern model. Six pairs of wire strings. Screw tuning mechanism.
24Length, 69.5 cm. Width, 28 cm. Depth, 7 cm.
25Signed—"Joas Miguel Andrade, Lisbon."
271083. CITTERN ……………………………………… Portugal
28Same structure as the preceding instrument, but larger.
29Length, 86 cm. Width, 39 cm. Depth, 9 cm.
30Signed—"L. A. Azevodo, Lisbon."
321084. BANDURRIA. Unusual shape. Ten wire strings…………. Spain
33Length, 63 cm. Width, 23 cm. Depth, 9 cm.
351085. MACHETE ……………………………………… Madeira
36Leaf-shaped body. Eleven wire strings.
37Length, 76 cm. Width, 50.5 cm. Depth, 8 cm.
38Signed—"Da Costa, Funchal."
401086. CITTERN ……………………………………… England
41Flat, nearly circular body. Six pairs of wire strings and four single ones.
42Length, 80 cm. Width, 31.3 cm. Depth, 7.3 cm.
43Signed—"Claget G. Gibson, 1763."
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