Zither
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This zither was made by an unknown maker possibly in Ohio, undetermined date. It is a half-bout zither, with a metal nut and bridge, four strings (three melody and one drone), 2 round sound holes and 2 S-shaped sound holes, 4 tuning pins, and rounded head. There is a typed label taped to the back of the instrument:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>C 16 half-bout, Smith B 1 p. 33<br>3 of 4 strings fretted, sophisticated instrument back one<br>piece of wood set inside ribs, belly in two pieces, rests<br>on the top edges of the ribs, half-bout conjectural<br>"missing link" between straight sided scheitholtz zithers<br>and dulcimers, collected in Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio"</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Anne Grimes (1912-2004) was an American journalist, musician, and historian of American (particularly Midwestern) folklore. Grimes studied voice and piano at Ohio Wesleyan and initiated graduate studies at Ohio State University. Following her education, Grimes was a music teacher, music and dance critic, and radio host. After WWII, Grimes began collecting and documenting folk songs throughout Ohio, as well as collecting Appalachian dulcimers and zithers. She would continue this work, performing, recording, and lecturing on instruments from her collection throughout the rest of her career.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Smith, L. Allen. Catalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0276.04
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.04
label: collector/donor number
content: B1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: zither
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 33 7/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 12.065 cm x 86.0425 cm