Yangqin (Hammered Dulcimer)

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Dublin Core

Title

Yangqin (Hammered Dulcimer)

Description

Black-laqueured box zither with wooden body and lid. Lid is very highly decorated with gold paint. 14 sets of 3 strings (twisted brass wire) held by solid brass pegs. 2 floating bridges - wooden with pierced design and 7 ivory or bone tips. 2 soundholes covered with detailed ivory/bone carvings (2 human figures and trees in relief.) Paper with Chinese characters stuck below strings. 42 pegs each side. 2 bamboo hammers - very fine, one broken. Small drawer at front of instrument contains brass tuning hammer (key). Size: 75x30x10.5cm

Source

Grainger Museum

Publisher

Grainger Museum

Date

n.d. (early twentieth century)

Contributor

Grainger Museum

Identifier

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Citation

Gold painted Chinese characters on lid translate as: "produced by/belonging to Golden Sound Club, Quantun/Kwantung province, shores of Hao.", “Yangqin (Hammered Dulcimer),” Grainger Museum Online, accessed April 28, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/435.

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