Langspil

Technical description: Instrument built of pine, the soundboard and back overlapping the ribs by 3mm. There are 4 strings, one bowed and three drones, one of the drones possibly tuned an octave higher, going through a hook in the soundboard 468mm from the nut. The hitchpins are attached to the bottom of the instrument. The tuning pegs go into a scroll, similar to that on a hurdy gurdy, the bowed string peg of stained beech, an unoriginal drone peg of oak. Iron plate on the nut and bridge for the strings to run over. Sound-hole at the widest part of the soundboard, 40 diameter, marks on the soundboard to indicate that the rose was 48mm. Distance of frets to the nut 749, 666.5, 630, 564, 501.5, 473, 420.5, 374, 333.5, 316, 282.5, 252, 238, 211.5, 187.5, 168, 159.5. Repair History: Of the three tuning-pegs present, one has an ivory button matching those on the scroll; the remaining two are presumably replacements.