Syron

Syron name given in early- 17th-c. England to an archcittern having 7 pairs of on-board strings and 7 single off-board strings, therefore, also called “fourteen-course cittern.” Its tuning was G1 A1 B(♭)1 C0 D0 E0 F0 (off-board) G0 d0 f0 b(♭)0 g0 d1 e1. Also called sirene (79). Galpin, Francis W. Old English Instruments of Music. London, 1932.