Item:Graceful ash cittern inlaid with an ebony compass rose

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graceful ash cittern inlaid with an ebony compass rose
Look: The sixteen points of the compass rose radiate from the hole in the center of the pear-shaped soundbox, reflecting the notes produced by the six courses of strings.
Weight: 15 stones
Metal: Unknown
Appraised Cost: 9,000 Kronars7,200 Lirums <br />6,494.4 Dokoras <br />9 LTBpoints <br />9 Tickets <br />9 Scrips <br />
Properties:
  • This is a musical instrument (or a tool to play, repair, or clean one).
Dimensions: 5 length x 3 width x 1 height
Sources: Source is Nytingale's Instruments (9)

Appraisal

The ash cittern appears to be a stringed instrument.
You are certain that the ash cittern is crafted from wood.
You are certain that the ash cittern is finely made.

Recall

The pear-shaped cittern has a flat back and very long, fretted neck ending in a scrollwork pegbox. Often crafted in a variety of shapes, the cittern also often bears an ornamentally carved sound hole placed beneath courses of six strings and a short, shallow bridge placed halfway between the sound hole and the instrument's lower edge.