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Objekt 14

Dulcimer

Object description

Maker unknown

Germany (?), 18th c.

Spruce (belly); maple (back, ribs); metal (strings)

Peg-box with animal head, closed in the back; eight laterally inserted pegs

14 frets (fingerboard); four double courses

L. 92 cm, 41 cm (belly), 62,5 cm (vibrating strings); h. 8,8-6,8 cm.(ribs)

Donation Albert Sattler, Basel

Inv. 1891.54.

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