Zither 1883 Germany Lo x La x H: 50.5 cm, 25.5 cm, 7.5 cm

Concert zither Alternate name: Alpine zither ca. 1920 Munich/Bavaria/Germany/Europe Description Soundhole: elongated oval soundhole centered on soundboard; 3 ply maple and dark hardwood purfling around soundhole; brown-stained pearwood binding on inner edge of soundhole Fretboard: black-stained pearwood with 30 nickel silver frets including zero fret; mother-of-pearl dot position markings behind fifth, ninth, twelfth, and seventeenth frets; single mother-of-pearl dot position marking behind fifteenth fret; eighteenth fret three quarters length, twenty third fret half length, twenty fifth fret quarter length Nut: black-painted hardwood with black-painted brass wire saddle Bridge: black-painted beech; black-painted brass wire saddle underneath accompaniment strings; black-painted brass wire saddle underneath melody strings; slots cut into hand rest where strings wrap over end of instrument and attach to hitchpins Tuning Pins: 34 nickel-plated steel tuning pins Table-top Rests: 3 ball-shaped bone rests on back with steel needle points (rest on curvilinear side missing with removal hole Dimensions Body: 545 mm long, 288 mm wide Fretboard: 350 mm long, 55 mm wide Melody string vibrating length: 412 mm Highest chord string vibrating length: 442 mm Lowest chord string vibrating length: 477 mm

Cithare sur table "koto" 19th century? Japanese 13 twisted silk ropes. Strings resting on small removable bridges (kotoji). Tailpiece (called "dragon's head") resting on 1 removable base covered with fine gold lacquered floral motifs framing a tinted ivory border and a narrow marquetry border enclosing a tortoiseshell veneer. Under the scale the representation of a polychrome dragon appears in transparency. The other end ("dragon's tail": ryuti) acts as a pegboard: the strings are held by tension loops surrounding the "dragon's tail" by passing each through a silver-rimmed eyepiece located at the height of the nut . Decor of the "dragon's tail": wood veneer (rosewood?) representing a stylized lotus flower bud. This veneer, covered with floral motifs lacquered in fine gold, is placed on a tortoiseshell film under which appear 2 celestial musicians, located on either side of the lotus flower. Loops of ropes stretched over 1 piece of brocade fabric partially covering this surface. Paulownia Imperialis (kiri) wooden table. Total length 177 mm Body width med 25 mm