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Chitarrone

Mid 17th-century chitarrone, much-altered. Twelve pegs in main pegbox and eight in upper; also an added peghole for short additional treble string on treble side of body at neck joint, with its own nut glued to front. Two-piece front; three linked soundholes with roses cut from wood of front. Later guitar-style bridge, with holes for sixteen hitchpins. Front has been backed with extra layers of wood and is also glued to an added central strut placed between neck and tailblocks. Back of 21 ribs of yew; semi-elliptical in transverse section. Neck veneered in ebony. Original fingerboard is overlaid with a later thick rosewood fingerboard running onto the front. Later pegboxes and spar of heavy unveneered blackstained hardwood.

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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 1845mm. Width: 381.5mm. Depth: 164mm.