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Diatonic harp
Early diatonic harp made with a wooden body, column and neck, with accommodation for 35 strings (all missing) that would be attached to roughly square-shaped tuning pins at the neck frame. The body back is covered with some kind of canvas cloth, and has three soundholes.
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1810–34 - Maker:
Dodd, Thomas - Collection:
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:322.211 Diatonic frame harps without tuning action
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- Decorative elements:Fluted column and foliage appliqué.
- Inscriptions:Inscribed on neck: W. F. Frost / Harpist and D. Thomas / Maker
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:322.211 Diatonic frame harps without tuning action
- Repository:Cyfarthfa Castle Museum