Alto streichzither

Alternate name:Alto bowed zither

Alternate name:Zither, bowed melody strings, frets, shield-shaped body, Alpine

Alternate name:Alto streichmelodeon

Alternate name:Alpine zither

Maker: Christian Ludwig Steffen

Date: 1885-1899 ca.

Place Made:Stettin, Prussia, Germany, Europe

Place Made:Szczecin (Stettin), Poland, Europe

Serial No: none

SignedPrinted in blue on white circular label with decorative trim and schield at center, one label below each soundhole: CHR. LUDWIG STEFFEN / L. S. / STETTIN, Mittwocherstr.10.

DescriptionShield-shaped body veneered in rosewood. Tear-drop shaped soundholes.

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Terms

Bowed zither

Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Not on view

Object number: 03199