Object Details
- Description
- This German Scheitholt type zither was made by W. J. B. in Mount Airy, North Carolina, in 1934. It has a trapezoidal-shaped body with a dark opaque varnish. The instrument has four strings (either one melody string and three drone strings, or two melody strings and two drone strings), 13 metal frets, one round sound hole, 4 wooden friction pegs, carved through pegbox, and hook-shaped head. Handwritten inside the dulcimer is, "WJB."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1934
- ID Number
- MI.67.006
- catalog number
- 67.006
- accession number
- 272440
- Object Name
- zither
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 in x 6 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 81.28 cm x 17.145 cm x 6.985 cm
- place made
- United States: North Carolina, Mount Airy
- Related Publication
- Nation of Nations, A
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Dulcimers
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Music
- Record ID
- nmah_606071
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4669-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
