Object Details
- Schwarzer, Franz
- Description (Brief)
- This zither was made by Franz Schwarzer in Washington, Missouri, about 1909. It is a table top Concert model, serial #9849, with 38 strings (5 drone, 33 accompaniment). Accessioned with accessories: 2 tuning wrenches, 2 pitch pipe tubes, 4 thumb picks, 1 brush, 1 duster, 4 coasters and books: 1 music manuscript, 1 book bound sheet music.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Joseph A. Polanshek
- ca 1909
- ID Number
- 1996.0278.01
- catalog number
- 1996.0278.01
- accession number
- 1996.0278
- serial number
- 9849
- Object Name
- zither
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 33 cm x 60 cm; 2 3/4 in x 13 in x 23 5/8 in
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 23 1/2 in x 13 in; 7.3025 cm x 59.69 cm x 33.02 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, Washington
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_608104
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4cdc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
