Schwarzer Zither
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1909
name: label: maker
content: Schwarzer, Franz
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This zither was made by Franz Schwarzer in Washington, Missouri, about 1909. It is a table top Concert model, serial #9849, with 38 strings (5 drone, 33 accompaniment). Accessioned with accessories: 2 tuning wrenches, 2 pitch pipe tubes, 4 thumb picks, 1 brush, 1 duster, 4 coasters and books: 1 music manuscript, 1 book bound sheet music.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joseph A. Polanshek
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0278.01
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0278.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0278
label: serial number
content: 9849
objectType: label: Object Name
content: zither
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 33 cm x 60 cm; 2 3/4 in x 13 in x 23 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 23 1/2 in x 13 in; 7.3025 cm x 59.69 cm x 33.02 cm