<i>German Scheitholt</i> Zither
date: label: date made
content: 1934
notes: label: Description
content: This <i>German Scheitholt</i> type zither was made by W. J. B. in Mount Airy, North Carolina, in 1934. It has a trapezoidal-shaped body with a dark opaque varnish. The instrument has four strings (either one melody string and three drone strings, or two melody strings and two drone strings), 13 metal frets, one round sound hole, 4 wooden friction pegs, carved through pegbox, and hook-shaped head. Handwritten inside the dulcimer is, "WJB."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Mount Airy
topic: label: Subject
content: Music
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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: Nation of Nations, A
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.67.006
label: catalog number
content: 67.006
label: accession number
content: 272440
objectType: label: Object Name
content: zither
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 6 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 81.28 cm x 17.145 cm x 6.985 cm