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Zither

body: pine painted black; belly: mahogany, varnished dark brown; bridge: mahogany, with steel strips and pins for 25, and 5 stopped, strings. Fingerboard: ebony veneer, with 4 pearl spots and 30 steel frets; tuning is by wrest-pins; 3 ivory ball feet. Inside: 2 big transverse bars on the belly. Length 500, width 300, depth 26

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  • Period:19th century
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music