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Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, 1918
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11166. KLAVIATURZITHER (Eng. Zither Piano) …………. Germany
2A trapezoidal body mounted on three legs. Tangents attached to the ends of the key-levers pluck the string as in the ordinary zither. The piano key-board has a compass of five octaves.
3Length, 48 to 91 cm. Width, 96 cm. Depth, 20.5 cm. Height, 81 cm.
4Signed—"Zavelberg and Kremer, D. R. P. No. 79381, Köln. Pat. i, 10 Staaten."
5As the key-mechanism normally does not belong to this type, its presence in this particular instrument does not place it in Class V. For convenience, Nos. 1330—a monochord, or violin—and 1346—a harp—are placed in Case XIV, but they are not legitimate key-board instruments.
71167. KANOON, QANON, or QANUN ……………………. Turkey
8Flat trapezoidal body of light colored wood, artistically inlaid. On the resonance box rest two bridges over which sixty-seven strings are drawn. Twenty-four are of over-spun wire, the remainder of gut. They are grouped in sets of two, three and four. Played with plectra. Length, 88.6 cm. Width, 5.2 to 36 cm. Depth, 7 cm.
10Section F. Vibrating Strings actuated by Impact.
12The Dulcimer and its kin hark back to the Assyrian Azor. At an early date it migrated to Arabia and Persia from whence it spread throughout the entire Orient. Known at a later date in the Caucasus as Santir, it is today, as the Cimbalon, the chief musical asset of the gypsy bands of Hungary and Transylvania. A perfected instrument of this type, called the Panteleon, gave Schröter the first hint of a keyed instrument that could produce forte and piano. As is well known he was forestalled in working out the principle by Cristofori, the Italian. The latter may have been incited by the instrument of this type called in Italy Strumenti da porco, later known in Germany as Schweinskopf. The present more euphonious German name is Hackbrett, a board on which butchers chop sausage meat.
141168. TAMBOURIN A CORDES, or TAMBOURIN DU BEARN. Also known as Tambourin de Gascogne…..Basque Province, France
15Over the long resonance box run six gut strings. These are struck with a stick held in the left hand. The instrument rests in an upright position on the right arm. The right hand manipulates the finger-holes of the Galoubet, or Churula (Case VI, No. 493) which is always played at the same time This practice is called by the onomatopœic term tutu-panpan (Prov.).4
16Length, 88.5 cm. Width, 17.5 to 11 cm. Depth, 6.7 cm.
184 Mahillon, Cat., Vol. III, p. 377.
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