Box Zither
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This box zither was made by an unknown maker in the United States, undetermined date. It is a rectangular-shaped box, made of dark-stained wood, possibly cherry, unfretted with 2 wood bridges, 4 (originally 5) extant violin tuning pegs, and 3 five-hole cross shaped sound holes. This instrument is possibly an aeolian harp.</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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0276.33
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: zither
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 33 7/8 in; 10.795 cm x 10.4775 cm x 86.0425 cm