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Menzenhauer's guitar-zither No. 2
Alternate name:Fretless zither
Alternate name:Zither, chord, melody strings
Alternate name:Chord zither
Alternate name:Guitar zither
Maker: Oscar Schmidt
Maker: Oscar Schmidt Company
Distributor: U. S. Guitar Zither Co. (distributor associated with Oscar Schmidt Company)
Date: 1904 ca.
Place Made:Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, North America
Model: Menzenhauer's Guitar Zither No. 2 Special St. Louis Model
Serial No: none
SignedU.S. GUITAR ZITHER CO. / Oscar Schmidt, / Manufacturer of / Menzenhauer's Guitar-Zither / No. 2 / Patented May 29, 1894 / D M.P. No. 68.664. / 87-101 Ferry St., JERSEY CITY, N. J.
Markingsnone
DescriptionFour chords and fifteen melody strings
DimensionsLength: 320 mm
Width: 35.6 mm
Height: 490 mm
Width: 35.6 mm
Height: 490 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 01149