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Mandolin guitar-harp
Mandolin guitar-harp
Mandolin guitar-harp

Mandolin guitar-harp

Alternate name(s)
  • Guitar zither
  • Zither, chord, double melody strings, pillar
  • Chord zither
  • Fretless zither
Date1911-1926 ca.
Place DistributedConcord, North Carolina, United States, North America
Place MadeEast Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelMandolin Guitar-Harp Phonoharp No. 2
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on paper label: Mandolin Harp Guitar / The Home Educational Co. / Concord, NC
Markingsnone
Description15 single melody strings, 4 chords
A Columbia zither-type instrument produced for distribution by Home Educational Co.
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02230
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