GB-Lcm · RCM0344

Epinette des Vosges

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Description

Epinette des vosges, a box-zither with two stopped strings and three drone strings of metal. Front, back and sides of cherrywood. Two soundholes, one heart-shaped, the other a quatrefoil; bridge and nut of wire. Front and back overlap sides. Four small wire nails protrude from underside to prevent movement of instrument as it is played. Pegbox of beech; fourteen diatonic wire frets of staple form.

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