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Qing dynasty Qin (Seven-stringed zither-like instrument)
The top surface of the qin is made of fir wood and the bottom surface is made of ovate catalpa wood. The cap corner (guanjue), bridge (yueshan) and dew-receptor (chenglu) are all made of padauk wood, and are not painted. The tuning pegs (qinzhen) are missing. The goose feet are made of padauk wood. The inlays (hui) are made of mother-of-pearl. The qin has no cracks (duanwen) and is painted with grey coating and black lacquer. The sound retainers (nayin) have thin inlays that are made of paulownia wood.
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Qing dynasty - Maker:
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Hunan Museum - Inventory number:
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China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither)
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- Materials:Fir wood, ovate catalpa wood
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- Inscriptions:An inscription indicating the maker and the date (when the instrument was made) is written in ink near the large sound hole on the belly of the qin.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither)
- Repository:Hunan Museum
- Measurements:Total length: 119.7cm, string length: 110.5cm, width of the forehead: 17.5cm, width of the shoulders: 19cm, width of the tail: 13.6cm, the large sound hole is 21.2cm long and 4cm wide, the small sound hole is 10.8cm long and 3.2cm wide.