Builder's Notes — supplemental handout by Peter Forrester.

Part of: Wood and Wire — a lecture by Peter Forrester.

See also the other supplemental handouts:

• Fretting Patterns

• A Provisional List of Extant 16th and early 17th Century Citterns

Originally published in Lute News: The Lute Society Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Peter Forrester and The Lute Society. On-line edition corrected and amended by Andrew Hartig per Peter Forrester, February, 2006.

Some suggested dimensions for builders. Based upon instruments by: Anon, Brussels; Gasparo da Salo, Oxford; Virchi, Paris; Tilman, Berlin; Salvatori, Paris; Augustinus, V&A; Campi, R.C.M.; Anon ("Amati"), Florence; Plebanus, Paris; Anon, Vienna; Anon, private collection.

Dimensions in mm unless otherwise noted.