Chinese Guitar (Shuang Ch'In)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A FORM OF THE "MOON GUITAR." WOOD, WITH FOUR SILKEN STRINGS, ARRANGED IN TWO PAIRS. TRADESCANT LAY (THE CHINESE AS THEY ARE, LONDON, 1841,) RELATES: "AS THE STRINGS ARE SHORT, THE SOUND IS SMART AND KEEN, AND MUST BE DRAWN OUT BY FORCIBLY STRIKING THE STRING WITH THE NAIL, OR WITH A PLECTRUM OF WOOD OR METAL. I ONCE SAW A MUSICIAN AT ONE OF THE STROLLING THEATRES, WHO DISPLAYED A GREAT DEAL OF EXECUTION UPON THE YUE-KIN, WITH A VERY PLEASING EFFECT. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, IT WAS USED AS AN ACCOMPANYMENT TO THE UR-HEEN, AND AS THE MUSICIAN UNDERSTOOD HIS BUSINESS THE RESULT HAD SOMETHING PARTICULARLY EXHILARATING ABOUT IT. SEE MAHILLON, VOL. 11, P. 118, NO. 779."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005892
label: USNM Number
content: E54026-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Guitar