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Objekt 11

Lyre Guitar

Object description

Blaise (dates unknown)

Mirecourt (?), beginning 19th c.

Blaise (manuscript, two papers, back inside, under each sound hole) spruce (belly); maple (back, ribs)

Peg-box; six pegs inserted in the back twelve frets (fingerboard); six strings

L. 78,5 cm, 60 cm (vibrating strings); H. 9 cm (ribs, below)

Bequest Hans Peter His, Basel

Inv. 1974.118

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