String length: 420 mm

Woods: 

• Hard Maple (sides, neck, fingerboard, pegbox, bridge, light staves on back, light fret "wedges")

• Brazilian Tulipwood [dalbergia spp.] (pegs, peg head cap, striped staves on back, strap button, side scrolls)

• Sitka Spruce (top - single piece)

• Pearwood (rosette)

• Ebony (dark fret "wedges").

Other: Bone nut and saddle. End pins are made from 4mm cloisonné beads and brass nails.

Finish: Shellac sealer and color coats followed by oil varnish.

Notes: The outline of this instrument is modeled after the Zuyderzee diatonic cittern, but the instrument was slightly shortened at the neck/body joint to provide a slightly shorter string length (c. 42cm vs. 44cm) to allow more comfortable playing of some of the long left-hand stretches in the English repertoire.