The Love Letter (detail) Johannes Vermeer

Twelfth-century crusaders brought this family of bowed instruments back to Europe from the Middle East and North Africa. The ancestor of our modern violin and cello family, the rebec (pronounced "reb-beck") was originally an Arabic instrument - still made today - called the "rabab". Unusually, its sound box was made from a gourd (a leathery skinned vegetable). The body of the European rebec had to be made from wood, since the northern European climate is too cold and wet for gourds to be grown.

Unlike the lute, whose distinctive bowl-shaped back is made from strips of wood steamed and glued together, the round body of the rebec is formed from a solid piece of sycamore, painstakingly chiselled out to produce a hollow sound box, with three gut strings and a flat spruce soundboard. It is played with a simple horsehair bow and makes a distinctive rasping sound.

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RWC Rebec

	Carved and gilded rose on the late 16th Italian cittern by Gasparo da Salò

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Rebec Kit

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Rebec Technical Plan

	Carved rose with underlying layer of parchment on an anonymous mid - late 17th century Italian cittern from the V&A Museum

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Rebec Accessories and Spare Parts

Rebec Availability and delivery time

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Rebec Configuration, References and Prices

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			Ref.				Price [1]
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'
	Finished Instrument
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'		FCI		Finished		788.04	RWC
	Kit + drawing + instructions + license
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'		KCI		Kit		285.91	RWC
	Drawing + instructions + license
	Cittern - 4 course -bb, gg'g, d'd', e'e'		PCI		Plan		47.62	RWC
	Accessories and Spares
	Soft padded bag for Cittern		SBCI		Finished			RWC
	Light Hard Case for Cittern		HCCI		Finished			RWC
	Stringing set		SCI		Set			RWC

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