<i>German Scheitholt</i> Zither
date: label: date made
content: 1800s
name: label: maker
content: Daugherty, George
notes: label: Description
content: This <i>German scheithaolt</i> style dulcimer was made by George Daugherty in Grider, Kentucky in the 1800s. It has a trapezoidal shaped body made if pine, with eight strings (four melody and four drone strings), wood nut and bridge, 15 metal frets, 2 round sound holes, and flat-top metal screws functioning as tuning pins (probably not original to instrument).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Grider
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Dulcimers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.324973
label: catalog number
content: 324973
objectType: label: Object Name
content: zither
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3 1/2 in x 33 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 8.89 cm x 86.0425 cm