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Stephen Owsley Smith Cittern
A cittern is like a bouzouki or octave mandolin, except that it has five pairs of strings to the bouzouki's four. These five pairs are tuned in a variety of ways. I'm still experimenting with tunings, but like the most often used tuning of (low pair to high pair) D - G - D - A - D. This one is the big version, with a scale length is 24 and 3/4 inches. Mine has beautiful fingerboard inlay of a blue heron taking flight from a marsh. The back and sides are Koa wood, and the top is Italian spruce. Steve's instruments are made in the classic style favored by players of celtic music. Steve lives in Taos New Mexico and his web site is www.celticmusic.com/steve.
