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Zheng (zither)
Technical description: Wooden front and back boards; 16 metal strings; the strings are stretched across a bridge at the lower end to a series of pegs fixed into the face board, of lengths 580 - 860 mm. Maximum width: 197.
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South China/China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-5 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by the bare fingers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-5 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:970
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14698