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A photograph of an 'Alexander Violin', a late 19th century American bowed zither.

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English: Bowed zither with sixteen wire strings passing over individual moveable wood bridges arranged on a diagonal line over the curved belly; the body trapezoidal in outline and half-circular in cross-section, being a longitudinal half section of a tapering hollow cylinder of pine; the strings pass over wire nuts atop raised wood bands at each end, and hitch to nails on the smaller end and to small pierced iron tuning pins on the larger end; also on the larger end, a tuned hickory handle, and a smaller handle protruding from the back; two soundholes (straight slots terminating in round holes) on the belly; beneath the strings at the larger end, a strip of paper numbering and naming each string diatonically C to D of the second octave above (bass string is C number 1, highest string is D number 16). Played with a common painted violin bow.
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Source https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503631
Author The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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  • [89.4.51a, b] Alexander Violin (late 19th century, Milford, New Hampshire) by Sylvanus J. Talbott (American) [The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889]. The Metropolitan Museum of Arts.
    "​This unusual sixteen-string bowed zither was patented by Sylvanus J. Talbott of Milford, New Hampshire in 1887 (Patent Number 375,224, dated December 20, 1887). It was commercially produced and available in D. H. Beaman's catalog of 1890. The strings are tuned diatonically in C Major (though can be tuned to other keys). It was intended to be held like a typical violin, though to rest on the arm instead of on the neck. The handle allows the player to turn the instrument to make the individual strings more easily playable with a bow. ",
    "​Technical description: Bowed zither with sixteen wire strings passing over individual moveable wood bridges arranged on a diagonal line over the curved belly; the body trapezoidal in outline and half-circular in cross-section, being a longitudinal half section of a tapering hollow cylinder of pine; the strings pass over wire nuts atop raised wood bands at each end, and hitch to nails on the smaller end and to small pierced iron tuning pins on the larger end; also on the larger end, a tuned hickory handle, and a smaller handle protruding from the back; two soundholes (straight slots terminating in round holes) on the belly; beneath the strings at the larger end, a strip of paper numbering and naming each string diatonically C to D of the second octave above (bass string is C number 1, highest string is D number 16). Played with a common painted violin bow. ",
    "​Artwork Details ",
    "​Title:   Alexander Violin ",
    "​Inventor: Sylvanus J. Talbott (Brookline, Massachusetts, 1838–1924 Milford, New Hampshire) ",
    "​Date:   late 19th century ",
    "​Geography: Milford, New Hampshire, United States ",
    "​Culture: American ",
    "​Medium: Wood, various materials ",
    "​Dimensions: Total Length: 53.6 cm (21-1/16 in.) / Body Length: 45.7 cm (17-9/16 in.) / Greatest width: 12.8 cm (5-1/16 in.) / String Length between nuts: 44.2 cm (17-7/16 in.) / Bow Length: ca 68.4 cm (26-15/16 in.) ",
    "​Classification: Chordophone-Zither-bowed ",
    "​Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 ",
    "​Accession Number: 89.4.51a, b ",
    "​Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings ",
    "​Marking: (stamped in ink on back, in oval) "Patented/Alexander Violin/ Dec. 20th, 1887 ",
    "​Provenance: Mary Elizabeth Adams Brown ",
    "​References ",
    "​• A Checklist of American Musical Instruments. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, p. 18. ",
    "​• Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Asia, Gallery 27. 2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1903, vol. II, p. 25. ",
    "​• Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Gallery 27. 1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1901, vol. I, p. 25. "
  • Talbott Patented Violin. Behring Center, National Museum of American History. ID Number: MI.231114, Catalog Number: 231114, Accession Number: 42736, Patent Number: 375,224, Credit Line: Mrs. John Crosby Brown.
  • US patent application 375224, Sylvanus J. Talbott, "Musical Instrument", published 1887-12-20 , assigned to Edger F. Talbot . (filled 1887-09-21)

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