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Crwth

Crwth (bowed lyre), with a square sound box, and maple back with two round sound holes on the belly either side of the bridge. The left leg of the bridge extends to the back of the sound box through the left sound hole. There is a maple tailpiece with an ivory endpin at the base of the sound box, and a yoke of maple above the sound box with a central fingerboard also of maple. There is an ivory nut at top of fingerboard, gut frets, and wrest pins at the top of crossbar. The instrument has four fingered strings made of gut and two drones or bourdons made of metal, probably plucked with the thumb. There is simple black purfling around the belly, tailpiece, fingerboard and yoke.

  • Measurements:overall: 605 x 240 x 95 mm