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Objekt 17

Double Zither (Mittenwald form)

Object description

Maker unknown

Origin unknown, 19th c.

Spruce; maple, partially painted in dark brown; metal (strings)

Body with swelling on both sides; two sound holes

Two fingerboards with 13 and 12 frets; six stopped and five unstopped strings

L. 578 mm; b. 263 mm; h. 34 mm; scaling c. 426 and 390 mm

Donation Dr. h.c. Paul Sacher, Pratteln. Lobeck collection

Inv. 1956.454.

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