A ceterone of 12-14 courses modeled after Campi, 1998.

• Type: 14 course Arch-Cittern (Ceterone, Archicetra)
• Original: Modeled after a 12-course original by Gironimo Campi, c. 1600 (Museo Bardini, Florence), dimensions and interior details provided by James Tyler.
• Maker: R.W. Banks, 1998
• Mensur: 71.7/125.6 cm
• Temperament: 1/5 comma meantone
• Tuning: Originally built as 14 course instrument, now strung as 12-course instrument. The tuning scheme I use is modified from the Robinson 14 course tuning GG AA BB-Flat C F/G d f b g d' e' (where c=middle "c")
• Stringing: Steel (courses 1-2) Brass(courses 3-12)
• Stringing Tension: 3.5-4 Kg
• Construction: Built-up (simulated carved cittern), with 6-piece back with integral neck/neck block. 2-piece sides joined at widest point.
• Woods: Hard Maple (neck, pegboxes), Curly Hard Maple (back, sides), Boxwood (pegs, comb), Pearwood (bridge, fingerboard, fingerboard wedges), Englemann Spruce soundboard, Pearwood and Vegetable Parchment rosette, Rosewood (columns), Macassar Ebony (strap buttons, side joint inlay, top half-binding, nut inlay), Ebony/Maple/Ebony purfling
• Frets: inlaid, flat brass
• Other: Corian nut(s)
• Finish: Spirit varnish