<i>Epinette des Vosges</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1895
name: label: maker attribution
content: Fleurot, August
notes: label: Description
content: This zither, also known as an <i>epinette des Vosges,</i> was possibly made by August Fleurot in Vosges, France, around 1850 to 1895. It has a trapezoidal shaped body, with five strings (two melody and three drone strings), wood nut and bridge, 14 metal frets, one heart-shaped sound hole and one four-petal flower-shaped sound hole, carved out pegbox for 5 friction pegs, and a rectangular head.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Vosges, La Chaîne des
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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.095934
label: catalog number
content: 95934
label: accession number
content: 30167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: zither
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 20 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 5.3975 cm x 51.1175 cm