paul hathway hand crafted musical instruments
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CITTERNS Scale length 585mm
The strings are tuned to G D G D G,
A D A D A or A D G A D
String gauges for G D G D G tuning
.048w .032w .024w .014p .010 p
These gauges would have to be altered
for other tunings.
The modern cittern has little in com-
mon with its historical forebears, (see
page 18), having a larger body, longer
scale length and a higher string tension,
which produces a much louder instru-
ment, often used by folk musicians.
10
CS-1
C-2 C-1
CS-1 CS-2
SMALL BODY CITTERN
Scale length 520mm
String gauges for G D G D G tuning
.050w .034w .026w .015p .011p