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Zither
18th century
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Pine
Dimensions
Length 57.3 cm, width 21.5 cm, height 4.2 cm (Length 22 9/16 in., width 8 7/16 in., height 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1777
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionA shallow sound-box with a straight right-hand side and a semi-circular extension on the left-hand side. Pierced sound-hole. Gradually tapering head. Lower end frontal string fastening, anterior pegs of iron wire with loop formed heads. Two paired stopped strings pass over seventeen wire frets inserted in an ebony finger-board. Nine open strings.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)