Concert zither
Alternate name(s)
- Zither, Alpine, fretboard, accompaniment, bass, and sub-bass strings
- Alpine zither
Maker
Heinrich Stadlmair
Date1890 -1900 ca.
Place MadeBavaria, Germany, Europe
ModelSalzburg form
Serial No.none
SignedBlue and gold label inside sound hole: HEINRICH STADLMAIR / Fabrikant aller Arten / Zithern u Zithersaiten / BAYERNMarkingsEngraved on tuner cover plate: 1906 / “A. Schwend”
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.
DimensionsLength: 622 mm
Height: 29 mm
Width: 205-260
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00892
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1900-1920 ca.
1920 ca.
1900-1940 ca.
1900-1940 ca.