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Aeolian harp
Aeolian harp. The body is a long rectangular box of wood varnished a light brown colour, trapezoid in cross section so that the back edge is higher than the front. The soundboard is pierced by a central circular soundhole. There is simple, red and black simulated purfling on the front of the body and around the soundhole. There are twelve wire strings, with two rows of six tuning pins on the right hand side. The strings pass over two triangular wooden bridges and are secured to hitchpins on the left-hand side. The wooden lid has trapezium-shaped sides, so that its top is level but the gap at the front between it and the body is wider than at the back, forming a funnel for air.
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late 18th or early 19th century - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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UK - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-3 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by blowing
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- Materials:FI, metal thread, gut, iron/steel, wood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-3 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by blowing
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements: overall: 815 mm x 117 mm x 48 mm