Epinette des Vosges

Epinette des vosges, a box-zither with two stopped strings and three drone strings of metal. Front, back and sides of cherrywood. Two soundholes, one heart-shaped, the other a quatrefoil; bridge and nut of wire. Front and back overlap sides. Four small wire nails protrude from underside to prevent movement of instrument as it is played. Pegbox of beech; fourteen diatonic wire frets of staple form.