Member
Contact Information
http://www.amhstrings.com
Location
Pacifica, California
Early Music Skills & Interests
Cittern, Clavichord, Double Bass, Guitar, Lute, Other Plucked StringsEarly Music Affiliations
Instrument Maker/Repairer, Musicologist, Performer, Writer
Biography
I have been playing lute and other early music instruments since 1993. I started the Renaissance Cittern Site in 1999 and began devoting my time to instrument building and string construction in 2006. I have focused most of my research and interest on early wire-strung instruments and established Andrew Hartig Custom Strings for Period Wire-Strung Instruments in 2011.
I have written about citterns and wire-strung instruments for the column "The Wire Connection," in the Lute Society of America Quarterly. I have contributed instrument and music source information for citterns, bandoras, and orpharions to the synoptic pull-out poster of The Lute in Europe 2: Lutes, Guitars, Mandolins, and Citterns (2011) by Andreas Schlegel and Joachim Lüdtke. My most recent research contribution has been writing articles on the many styles of cittern tablatures for the forthcoming Encyclopaedia of Tablature being published by the Centre d'Etudes Superieures de la Renaissance in Tours.
