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6-bar autoharp

6-bar autoharp

Alternate name:Fretless zither
Alternate name:Zither, chord damper bars, melody strings
Maker: C. F. Zimmermann Co.
Date: 1890 ca.
Place Made:United States, North America
Model: Autoharp Zither No. 6 6-bar autoharp
Serial No: none
SignedCelluloid white plate with two tacks. The trade mark picture C.F. Zimmermann, an older man with a beard on left side of plate. Printed, black text, beside picture, C.F. Zimmermann’s/AUTOHARP./Pat’d MAY 9th 1882.
Markingsnone
Description32 strings, 8 chords
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 02245