Cimbalom
Object type: Cimbalom
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Hungarian
Artist: Vencel József Schunda
Artist bio: Hungarian, Budapest, 1845–1923
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Hungarian
Date: after 1874
Medium: Wood and various materials
Dimensions: L.: long edge/short edge: ca. 142 / ca. 97 cm (ca. 56 / ca. 38-1/4 in.)
W. perpendicular to long edge: 75 cm (29-5/8 in.)
D.: 19.5 cm (7-3/4 in.)
Diam. of rosette: 10 cm (4 in.)
Vibrating L. of strings: ca. 100/64 cm (ca. 39-3/8 / 25-1/4 in.)
H. from floor: 75 cm (29-5/8 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-dulcimer
Geography:     Hungary  
Credit line: Gift of Agnes Kun, 1943
Accession year: 1943