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6-bar autoharp
6-bar autoharp
6-bar autoharp

6-bar autoharp

Alternate name(s)
  • Fretless zither
  • Zither, chord damper bars, melody strings
Date1890 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
ModelAutoharp 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 LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02245
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