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Dulcimer

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    Object Details

    Donor Name

    Tae-Soon Ch'oe

    Notes

    (1/4) Chordophone. Flat, hollow, and trapezoidal box made of wood with lid (2/4). Fourteen groups of four thin wire strings are stretched across the box over and beneath two diagonal bridges. A piece is broken off of one bridge. Played with a thin bamboo stick (3/4). One separate brass tuning key (4/4). The dulcimer is used in chamber music ensembles.

    Record Last Modified

    13 May 2019

    Specimen Count

    4

    Accession Date

    7 Apr 1988

    Collection Date

    N/A

    Accession Number

    356618

    USNM Number

    E423553-0

    Object Type

    Dulcimer

    Place

    Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, Asia

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    Anthropology

    Data Source

    NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

    Topic

    Ethnology

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3be9fb750-0fb2-4a17-ae16-b1fa63c94cda

    Record ID

    nmnhanthropology_8456596

    Discover More

    A Selected Bibliography of Hammered and Plucked Dulcimers and Related Instruments

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