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Dulcimer

back: one pine plank; sides, top in bird's-eye maple veneer. Table: pine; trapezoidal playing area, with 2 continuous holed bridges for 19 courses of strings (11 x 4, 8 x 2) passing from screws at one end to archaic wrest-pins at the other; table: pierced with 2 heart-shaped soundholes. Length 992, width 382, depth 92

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  • Period:mid 19th century
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music