http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/783605/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull;jsessionid=B980AEDC4FCC08EA1C3C3DE7947C6C99Cittern (English guitar)about 1770John PrestonMaple, spruce, ebonyPear-shaped body of red-brown varnished maple. Sound-board with rose; round sound-hole surrounded by yellow lines. Vertical ribs, back flat except the upper part, which inclines toward the neck. Ebony finger-board with twelve brass frets and four holes for the capotasto. The peg-box of the usual type is replaced by Preston's 'machine.' The neck ends with scroll bent bacward to provide clearance for the tuning-key and is surmounted by a small head. Strings: six courses, two lower ones of spun wire and four higher ones of steel in pairs, making ten strings altogether; lower end fastening (small brass pins in the bottom); shallow movable bridge, ivory nut; frontal type tuning end fastening; looped ends of strings attached to movable hooks.Musical instruments6.8000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/detailsrdf/50284;jsessionid=B980AEDC4FCC08EA1C3C3DE7947C6C99