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Zuitao Qin
The top and bottom surfaces of the qin are made of platane wood. The cap corner (guanjue), bridge (yueshan) and dew-receptor (chenglu) are all made of hardwood. The goose feet are made of Chinese boxwood. This instrument does not have any tuning pegs, but has mother-of-pearl inlays (hui). There are no cracks (duanwen) on the surfaces of the qin, which are painted with chestnut shell colour lacquer. The bamboo nails at the back from the head to the shoulders of the qin are slightly protruding. There are two large curves on either side of the qin.
- Date:
Qing dynasty - Maker:
Peng Shungong - Collection:
Hunan Museum - Inventory number:
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Ningxiang (Timezone: Asia/Shanghai) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither)
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- Materials:Platane wood
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- Inscriptions:The name of the qin, “Zuitao”, and an inscription referencing the writer and recipient are engraved above the large sound hole. |A poem is carved under it.|The sound retainers are rectangular. Another inscription about the maker and the date that the instrument was made is carved on the belly of the qin.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither)
- Repository:Hunan Museum
- Measurements:Total length: 126.2cm, string length: 116cm, width of the forehead: 23cm, width of the shoulders: 20.8cm, width of the tail: 14.2cm, the large sound hole is 20.7cm long and 2.1cm wide, the small sound hole is 10.8cm long and 2cm wide.