Streichzither

Alternate name(s)

Streichmelodeon
Zither, bowed melody strings, frets, leaf-shaped body, Alpine
Bowed zither
Alpine zither

Maker Christian Ludwig Steffen

Date1860-1900 ca.

Place MadeStettin, Prussia, Germany, Europe

Place MadeSzczecin, Poland, Europe

Modelnone

Serial No.none

SignedPrinted on in blue ink on round label found under both soundholes: CHR. LUDWIG STEFFEN [FF partially obliterated, missing portion of label on bass and treble sides] / STETTIN, Mittwochstr. 10.
Markingsnone
Descriptionrosewood-veneered spruce back and sides
black-painted spruce back
f-shaped soundholes with bone binding
3 bone and steel table-top rests
dark-stained maple binding; triple light and dark purfling inlaid on soundboard and a double purfling on both sides of ribs
dark-stained hardwood fingerboard with 29 nickel-silver bar frets
5 mother-of-pearl dots on fingerboard
two pairs of nickel-plated brass tuners with bone heads
DimensionsOverall length: 60 cm
Greatest width of body: 31 cm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published References"Musical Country Cousins. A Look at some rare folk instruments." _Selmer Bandwagon, no. 58 (1969), p.12

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number01285

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