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Zither Harp

Zither harp of ebonised wood. Flat sounding box with two straight and two shaped sides, pierced centrally by a sounding hole. The wire strings almost cover the face. At the bottom a label records their pitch: five chords for the left hand, two octaves for the right. Metal tuning pins at the top of the zither. Transfer label in top left-hand corner reads "Welt Record" and inside the sounding box is another Welt Record, Made Saxony, Germany.
Size: Length: 50 cm; Width: 34 cm.

Artist / Maker: Welt Record

School: German

Place: Germany

Object Type: zither

Actual Date: c. 1880

Century: 19th century

Material: Wood

Museum Accession Number: 1973.13/M.Instr.