Below is a list of resources for instrument builders and other links related to the construction of Renaissance citterns, bandoras, and orpharions.

Instrument plans:

Citterns:

• Technical Drawings of Musical Instruments in Public Collections of the World: http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/cimcim/iwd.html
• Specific historical cittern measurements can be found on subpages of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum der Universität Leipzig Katalogprojekte, http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de. (Site in German). See especially:
  • Leipzig, Inv. No. 612
  • Leipzig, Inv. No. 613
• Four Freiberg citterns. Drawings available directly from the University of Leipzig. Contact Prof. Dr. Eszter Fontana
• Cittern by A. Citaraedus, Urbino 1582. Drawing by Stephen Barber. Available from the Victoria & Albert Museum. No. 392-1871. [Note: As of Jan. 1, 2008, it was not possible to find the drawing listed on-line, but the prints department has made assurances that it can still be ordered.]
• Cittern by Girolamo Campi. Drawing by Ian Harwod. No. RCM 48. Available from the Royal College of Music, Center for Performance History, Publications Department.
• Plans for three citterns available from The Ashmolean Museum:
  • Hill Collection, No. 31. Gasparo da Salo, drawn by John Pringle.
  • Hill Collection, No. 32. Anon., "Italian, 17th C." (possibly Bochum?), drawn by John Pringle.
  • Hill Collection, No. 33. Anon., "Italian, 17th C." (possibly Virchi?), drawn by John Pringle.
• Two citterns recovered from a shipwreck. Drawing and reconstruction by and available from Sebastián Núñez.

Orpharions / Bandoras

• A drawing by John Pringle of the Rose orpharion / bandora can be obtained directly. Contact information available at http://www.pringleviols.com/.
• Palmer orpharion drawing and condition report by Darryl Martin are available for free as PDF downloads, courtesy of the Musikhistorisk Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Articles available on-line:

• Forrester, Peter. Wood and Wire—a lecture, plus the following handouts:
  • Fretting Patterns
  • Builders' Notes
  • A Provisional List of Extant 16th and early 17th Century Citterns
• Goodwin, Chris and Peter Forrester. What Makes a Good Cittern?
• Wraight, Denzil. "Making Italian Roses" for keyboard instruments. [external link]

Discussion lists:

• The Dartmouth "Lute-Builder" list. [external link]
• The Renaissance Cittern Site "Cittern-Builder" list.
• The cittern "social network": http://cittern.ning.com
• Some discussions also happen on the Musical Instrument Makers Forum (MIMF) [external link]

Current makers of instruments and strings:

• See the Makers & Suppliers page.