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Epinette des Vosges

Epinette des Vosges, a box-zither with two stopped strings and three drone strings. Front of ?cherrywood with two soundhole piercings, one spade-shaped, the other a quatrefoil in a circle; bridge and nut of wire. Back and sides of cherrywood; sides inlaid with two ornamental strips of boxwood. Pegbox with rudimentary scroll and pegs of ?hornbeam; fourteen diatonic wire frets of staple form.

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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 501mm. Width: 70mm.