RNCM · S 9
Dital harp
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Description
body: consisting of 7 ribs, with 2 sound-slots in the centre rib, standing on a painted base. Belly: pine painted black; the gilded end-bar set up for 16 strings with ebony pins; soundhole with rose (now missing); a swan-necked bar carries the strings up to the head; ring-stops ('ditals') for raising the pitch of 5 of the strings by pressing a stud at the back with the left thumb, and square-headed wrest-pins. Head: supported on the bass side by a fluted pillar topped with a winged cherub's head. Length 840, body 395, width 335, depth 75/135