1919.45.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Zither [.1] and rectangular wooden box with hinged lid [.2]. [MJD 17/03/2010]

Long description

Zither [.1] and rectangular wooden box with hinged lid [.2]. Inside the wooden case green felt has been stuck to either end. The case has a brass handle and a lock plate (removed). [MJD 17/03/2010]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England London

Cultural groups

English

Person

Maker Richard Cook and Co.

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Young Men's Christian Association, Music Section

PRM source Young Men's Christian Association

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1919

Date collected

By 1919

Acquisition information

Donated: 1919

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Felt Wool Textile Animal, Material Pigment, Process Carpentered, Process Painted

Dimensions

Height: max 83 mm, Length: max 695 mm, Width: max 201 mm, Length: max 723 mm, Width: max 175 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1919.45.1

Associated publications

Illustrated in black and white in Plate IId and discussed, along with other examples of the same type of instrument, in 'The Mythology of the English Harp', by Eric Halfpenny, in The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 31 (May 1978), pp. 29-35 (stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0072-0127%28197805%2931%3C29%3ATMOTEH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9). (Printout from JSTOR in RDF.) [AP 25/04/2007; JC 30 6 2009] Illustrated in black and white on page 217 of A-F, Vol. 3 of The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, edited by Stanley Sadie (3 vols; London: Macmillan, 1984) where it illustrates the entry 'Bell harp' by David Kettlewell on page 218. (Photocopy in RDF.) [JC 30 6 2009]

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