cittern
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An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
citole
cithern
gittern
cither
lira
guitar
harp
dulcimer
hurdy-gurdy
banjo
kora
balalaika
zither
Hawaiian guitar
dobro
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In the early 1970s English luthier Stefan Sobell developed a large-bodied, flat-backed mandolin with a carved soundboard, based on his own cittern design; this is often called a 'Celtic' mandolin.
A waldzither *The modern cittern may also be loosely included in an "extended" mandolin family.