About: Frame zither

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Class of musical instruments

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  • class of musical instruments (en)
  • classe di strumenti musicali (it)
  • westafrikanisches Saiteninstrument (de)
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  • left (en)
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  • Benedictine psalter (en)
  • Liberian frame zither with calabash resonator (en)
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  • string (en)
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  • Liberian zither with calabash resonator. Called a "harp" by its collector; however, on a harp the "plane of the strings lies perpendicular to the resonator's surface." The strings running parallel to the gourd resonator make this a frame zither under Hornbostel-Sachs. (en)
  • Stylized drawing in a medieval manuscript shows a man playing an instrument with strings stretched across a frame. Text reveals it is a psaltery, which means it would have a board behind the strings and not be a frame zither. (en)
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  • center (en)
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  • center (en)
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  • 316 (xsd:integer)
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  • Instruments which are in essence simply a string or strings and a string bearer. The strings are stretched across an open frame (en)
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  • Benedictine Psalter, Psalterium.jpg (en)
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  • 200 (xsd:integer)
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  • Jacqke/Frame zither (en)
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  • belly harp (en)
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  • 250 (xsd:integer)
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  • Frame zither (en)
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