Object Details
- Description
This zither was made by an unknown maker possibly in Ohio, undetermined date. It is a half-bout zither, with a metal nut and bridge, four strings (three melody and one drone), 2 round sound holes and 2 S-shaped sound holes, 4 tuning pins, and rounded head. There is a typed label taped to the back of the instrument:
C 16 half-bout, Smith B 1 p. 33
3 of 4 strings fretted, sophisticated instrument back one
piece of wood set inside ribs, belly in two pieces, rests
on the top edges of the ribs, half-bout conjectural
"missing link" between straight sided scheitholtz zithers
and dulcimers, collected in Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio"Anne Grimes (1912-2004) was an American journalist, musician, and historian of American (particularly Midwestern) folklore. Grimes studied voice and piano at Ohio Wesleyan and initiated graduate studies at Ohio State University. Following her education, Grimes was a music teacher, music and dance critic, and radio host. After WWII, Grimes began collecting and documenting folk songs throughout Ohio, as well as collecting Appalachian dulcimers and zithers. She would continue this work, performing, recording, and lecturing on instruments from her collection throughout the rest of her career.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1996.0276.04
- accession number
- 1996.0276
- catalog number
- 1996.0276.04
- collector/donor number
- B1
- Object Name
- zither
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 33 7/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 12.065 cm x 86.0425 cm
- place made
- United States
- Related Publication
- Smith, L. Allen. Catalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Dulcimers
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_608109
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4ce0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
