Violin-zither
Alternate name(s)
- Zither, bowed melody strings, frets, violin-shaped body, Alpine
- Bowed zither
- Streichzither
- Alpine zither
Maker
Franz Schwarzer
Date1888
Place MadeWashington, Missouri, United States, North America
Modelnone
Serial No.2959
SignedPaper label inside of backIn middle: FRANZ / SCHWARZER / WASHINGTON / MISSOURI
On left: VIENNA 1873 / [seal with photo of Franz Joseph, left, King of Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary] / FIRST
On right: PROGRESS / [seal from the 1873 World’s Fair in Vienna] / PRIZE
MarkingsStamped on fretboard: 2959
Description4 strings, 30 metal frets
Top: quarter-cut spruce: medium grain
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: plain
Back: quarter-cut maple: plain
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02860
On View
Not on view
1920 ca.
