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Objekt 16

Kratzzither (Salzburg form)

Object description

Maker unknown

Austria(?), 2nd half of 18th c.

Spruce, partially painted in dark; fruit tree (?); metal (strings) body with swelling on one side; one additional ( empty) peg-box; two heart-shaped sound holes

14 frets; three stopped strings, nine unstopped strings

L. 550 mm; b. 226 mm; h. 39 mm; vibrating strin gs 407-430 mm

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

Inv. 1956.455.

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