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Concert zither
Alternate name:Alpine zither
Alternate name:Zither, Alpine, fretboard, accompaniment, bass, and sub-bass strings
Maker: Heinrich Stadlmair
Date: 1890 -1900 ca.
Place Made:Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Model: Salzburg form
Serial No: none
SignedBlue and gold label inside sound hole: HEINRICH STADLMAIR / Fabrikant aller Arten / Zithern u Zithersaiten / BAYERN
MarkingsEngraved on tuner cover plate: 1906 / “A. Schwend”
Handwritten beneath printed label: 1892
Handwritten beneath printed label: 1892
Description27 strings
Rosewood veneered-spruce top, back and sides painted black, ebony fingerboard, 29 metal frets, frets 17, 23, 25 are shorter. Mother-of-pearl inlay dots on frets 5, 9, 12, 15, 17. Metal nut, metal tuning pegs. Black and white celluloid binding on edges and around soundhole. 27 metal strings and tuning pins. 5 strings with celluloid tuner heads and brass rollers. Three white plastic feet. Floral engraved tuner cover plate.
Rosewood veneered-spruce top, back and sides painted black, ebony fingerboard, 29 metal frets, frets 17, 23, 25 are shorter. Mother-of-pearl inlay dots on frets 5, 9, 12, 15, 17. Metal nut, metal tuning pegs. Black and white celluloid binding on edges and around soundhole. 27 metal strings and tuning pins. 5 strings with celluloid tuner heads and brass rollers. Three white plastic feet. Floral engraved tuner cover plate.
DimensionsLength: 622 mm
Height: 29 mm
Width: 205-260
Height: 29 mm
Width: 205-260
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 00892