Zither or Psaltery
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This zither was made by an unknown maker in the United States, undetermined date. It is a psaltery made of tiger maple, with two wood bridges, unfretted with a decorated multi-colored medallion centered on its soundboard, and 22 metal tuning pins.</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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Dulcimers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0276.35
label: accession number
content: 1996.0276
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0276.35
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: 1 7/8 in x 12 in x 23 5/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 30.48 cm x 60.0075 cm