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Editorial Korea: Ureuk (6th century) playing the gayageum (kayakum), a twelve stringed instrument he is believed to have invented in the Gaya Confederacy under the control of King Gasil, seen on an information board in Mosan-dong, South Korea
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Orlando Pirates v Kaizer Chiefs - FNB Stadium - Soweto
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Orlando Pirates v Kaizer Chiefs - FNB Stadium - Soweto
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Orlando Pirates v Kaizer Chiefs - FNB Stadium - Soweto
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Orlando Pirates v Kaizer Chiefs - FNB Stadium - Soweto
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Kaizer Chiefs v Orlando Pirates - FNB Stadium - Johannesburg
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Kaizer Chiefs v Orlando Pirates - FNB Stadium - Johannesburg
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Kaizer Chiefs v Orlando Pirates - FNB Stadium - Johannesburg
Editorial Football - DStv Premiership 2023/24 - Kaizer Chiefs v Orlando Pirates - FNB Stadium - Johannesburg
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Football - 2023 MTN8 - Semi Final - 1st Leg - Kaizer Chiefs v Mmamelodi Sundowns - FNB Stadium
Editorial Tsii' Edo 'Ai, Native American (Apache, probably), 19th century, United States, Native American (Apache, probably), Agave, wood, horsehair, a) Body Diam.3.8-4.5 x L. 31.8cm (1 1/2-1 3/4 x 12 1/2in.); b) bow L. 27.3cm (10 3/4 in.), Chordophone-Zither-bowed.
Editorial Orpheus. Greek poet and musician. Pompeian fresco depicting Orpheus playing the zither and appeasing the animals. Domus of Vesonio Primo. Pompeii. La Campania. Italy.
Editorial Penthesilea Painter, bowl form B (outside: visit to the horse stable, inside: two boys making music), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, total: height: 11 cm; diameter: 27 cm, inscription: Pictures inside and outside: ('T...
Editorial Bentside Spinet, 1753, London, England, British, Wood and various materials, L. case along spine (not including moulding): ca. 99 cm: (39 in.); D. case (not including lid): ca. 22.7 cm (9 in.), Chordophone-Zither-plucked-spinet, John Crang (British, No...
Editorial The Zither Player. Thomas Eakins; American, 1844-1916. Date: 1876. Dimensions: 298 x 252 mm. Watercolor on cream wove paper. Origin: United States.
Editorial George Astor, Square Piano, British, George Astor (Baden 17521813 London), 178498, London, England, United Kingdom, British, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, iron, brass, ivory, ebony, various materials., Case L. (perpendicular to keyboard): 55.8 cm (22 in.)...
Editorial Square Piano, 1791?1798, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany veneered case, nameboard veneer of lighter colored wood, brass decorative medallions on upper corners of legs, ivory natural and ebony accidental keys, Case length (...
Editorial Grand Piano, ca. 1815?20, Vienna, Austria, Austrian, Wood, various materials, L. 223.4 cm (88 in.); W. 126.4 cm (49 3/4 in.); Diam. 32 cm (12 1/2 in.); H. 93.7 cm (37 in.); 3-octave span 47.7 cm (18 3/4 in.); Sounding L. (1) f4, 5.5 striking, .5 cm; (2...
Editorial Grand Piano, 1808, London, England, British, Wood and various materials, Case L. (perpendicular to keyboard): 227.3 cm (89-1/2 in.); Case W. (parellel to keyboard): 106.9 (42-1/8 in.); Case H. (including legs): 91 cm (35-7/8 in.): Souding L. of top str...
Editorial Square Piano, 1800, United Kingdom, British, Mahogany, ebony, holly striping, gilt brass, ivory , Case length (perpendicular to keyboard) 55.1 cm, Width (parallel to keyboard): measured at lid = 157.0 cm, measured at molding of stand = 158.2 cm; Case d...
Editorial Square Piano, ca. 1850, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Wood, various materials, W. of case across bottom: 179.3 cm (70-1/2 in.); L. of case across bottom: 82.1 cm (32-3/5 in.); D. of case without lid: 31.1 cm (12-1/4 in.); Legs (includ...
Editorial Mirror with Images of Purity and Immortality: Mount Penglai, Boya Playing the Qin (Zither), Lotus Pond, and Dancing Phoenix. China. Date: 700 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: Diam. 17.4 (6.8 in.); d. 0.6 cm (0.2 in.). Bronze. Origin: China.
Editorial Hotei seated on a sack playing a zither, from an untitled series of harimaze. Katsushika Taito II; Japanese, active c. 1810-53. Date: 1830-1839. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Langeleik, probably Norwegian, 18th century?, Norway?, probably Norwegian, Wood, Length: 86.1 cm (33 7/8 in. ); Greatest width: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); Depth of soundbox: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); Sounding length of longest string: 67.7 cm (26 5/8 in.); Sounding...
Editorial Dulcimer, Spanish, 18th century, Spanish, wood and various materials, Length - long edge/short edge, 99.2/43.5 cm. (38.69 in./17.13 in.), Body width perpendicular to long edge: 46.8 cm. (18.25 in.), Body depth including molding:, 7.9 cm. (3.15 in.) , V...
Editorial Andreas Giller, Double Zither, German, Andreas Giller, 18th century (?), Augsburg, Germany, German, Wood, metal, L. +/- 58 cm., Greatest width 30.8 cm, Depth of soundbox 5.4 cm., Sounding length of longest string 38 cm., Sounding length of shortest str...
Editorial Langeleik, Norwegian, 18th century, Norway, Norwegian, Wood, metal, L. 112.1 cm., Greatest width 13.1 cm, Depth of soundbox 9.6 cm., Sounding length of longest string +/- 85.4 cm., Sounding length of shortest string 55.2 cm., Chordophone-Zither-plucked.
Editorial " Musical soli" a group of seven figures from Ludwigsburg. Zither player, hornist and violinist. 1765-66.
Editorial Yangqin (), Chinese, 19th century, China, Chinese, Wood, brass., L: 66 cm (26 in.); W. 24.1 cm (9 in.) see card, Chordophone-Zither-struck-dulcimer.
Editorial Spitzharfe, British, 19th century, England, United Kingdom, British, Wood, metal, H. 109.7 cm (43-3/16 in.), greatest W. 30.6 cm (12-1/16 in.), thickness of soundbox +/- 6 cm (2-3/8 in.), L. [sounding] of longest string +/- 94 cm (37 in.), L. [sounding...
Editorial Qnn, Turkish, 19th century, Turkey, Turkish, Wood, various materials, L.: 92.7 cm (36-1/2 in.); W.: 39.1 cm (15-3/8 in.); Box D.: 4.6 cm (1-13/16 in.); Total D.: 9.4 cm (3-11/16 in.) See diagram on acc. card., Chordophone-Zither-plucked.
Editorial Grand Pianoforte, ca. 1840, London, England, United Kingdom, British, Satinwood veneer, oak, spruce, iron, steel, ebony, ivory, gilding, mother-of-pearl, holly, mahogany, burl walnut, tulipwood, silver wire, Height (Total): 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm), Chordo...
Editorial Qanun.
Editorial Clavichord, 1763, Neuwied, Germany, German, Wood, ebony, bone, walnut, paint, metal, Height (of case, without lid): 4 in. (10.1 cm), Chordophone-Zither-struck-clavichord, Attributed to Christian Kintzing (German, Neuwied 1707?1804 Neuwied), Clavichords...
Editorial Exhibition Tota Italia - At the origins of a Nation
Editorial Textile, Medium: linen Technique: block printed on plain weave, Vertical serpentines of flowers form an ogival framework for vignette of dancing couple along with two small animals playing the drum and zither. German verse appears below the dancing cou...
Editorial Francesco Corbeletti, Lodovico Grignani, Athanasius Kircher: Musurgia Universalis, paper, parchment, letterpress, copperplate engraving, woodcut, Total: height: 33.5 cm; width: 25 cm; depth: 8.5 cm, music, angels (Christian religion), cupids, putti, su...
Editorial Josef Wlha, 106a Vienna, relief in Annagasse, albumin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 19.80 cm; width: 24.80 cm, inscribed: recto and: exposed: D?pos?. 106a Vienna, relief in Annagasse Josef Wlha, photographer, Vienna; hand...
Editorial Martin Gerlach, J. Schober, publishing house Gerlach and Schenk, Still life, borders and filling made of musical instruments, swan, reed, palm trees, wing ferns, holly with butterflies, mistletoe and vegetables, Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg, col...
Editorial Mathias M?ller, fortepiano, wood, total: length: 2310 mm; width: 1160 mm; height: 847 mm, inscription: above the keyboard on a rectangular porcelain plate: Mathias M?ller, Citizen and owner of a K.K. private instrument factory in Vienna, keyboard instr...
Editorial Johannes Pugh, violinett (string zither), spruce, total: length: 537 mm (total length); sounding string length: 226 mm; width: 205 mm (max. body width); height: 70 mm (max. rib height), stamp engraving: fingerboard: J. Pugh, Altona a.E.; label: Violine...
Editorial Martin Gerlach, J. Schober, Verlag Gerlach & Schenk, group, vignette and filling of musical instruments, doves, palms etc, paper, collotype, sheet size: height: 40.10 cm; width: 32.10 cm, inscribed: recto: Verlag von Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna, D?pos?....
Editorial Ernst Dryden, mannequin on stage, paper, pencil, drawing, pencil drawing, Total: Height: 56,9 cm; Width: 43,8 cm, illustrations, fashionable, elegant woman, 'Belle', fashion, clothes, women's fashion, making music, satyr, fauns, silene, lyre, lyre, zit...
Editorial Johann Adolph Hass, fretted clavichord, Hamburg, wood, total: length: 1770 mm; width: 560 mm; height: 805 mm (with stand), inscription: on the soundboard: J: A: Hass, Hamb: Anno 1760, keyboard instruments, medallion (ornament), garlands, flower thread ...
Editorial Johann Christian Schleip, Lyra grand piano, rosewood, spruce, maple, walnut, Total: Height: 2310 mm; Width: 1160 mm; Depth: 285 mm (body without legs), Inscription: porcelain plate on the end board above the keyboard: Inscription not decipherable, prob...
Editorial Wilhelm Weimar, relief medallion, glass negative, black and white negative process, total: height: 23.8 cm; width: 17.8 cm, numbered: top left: in black ink: 2670. work of applied art (metals), Pegasus, the winged horse, cupids, putti, city, city view ...
Editorial Johann Matth?us Keuffel, Grotrian, Helfferich, Schulz, Th. Steinweg Nachf. GmbH & Co, fortepianos (salon concert grand), mahogany, spruce, maple, wood, Total: Length: 2110 mm; Width: 1520 mm; Height: 995 mm (instrument); Height: 360 mm (sides), Inscrip...
Editorial Penthesilea Painter, bowl form B (outside: visit to the horse stable, inside: two boys making music), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, total: height: 11 cm; diameter: 27 cm, inscription: Pictures inside and outside: ('T...
Editorial Artist: Ike no Taiga, Japanese, 17231776, Moonlight?Bamboo, ca.?175860, Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper, without mounting: 60 15/16 ? 141 1/8 in. (154.8 ? 358.4 cm), Ike Taiga was arguably the most celebrated literati artist in eighteenth-centur...
Editorial Benjamin Crehore, Square Piano, Benjamin Crehore (American, Milton, Massachusetts 17651831 Milton, Massachusetts), ca. 18001810, Milton, Massachusetts, United States, Mahogany, rosewood, pine, maple, iron, brass, ivory, ebony, various materials., Overa...
Editorial Mizutani Kakumu (professional name: Fujiwara Mitsukazu or Kowa), Wagon, Japanese, Mizutani Kakumu (professional name: Fujiwara Mitsukazu or Kowa), 1804, Japan, Japanese, Wood, silk strings, L. 190 x W. 23.5 tapering to 15.2 (75 x 9-1/4 in tapering to 6...
Editorial Orphica, probably Austrian, early 19th century, Vienna?, Austria?, probably Austrian, Various materials, 5 1/2 ? 53 3/4 ? 15 in. (14 ? 136.5 ? 38.1 cm), Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano.
Editorial F. B. Voigt (L. Voigt), Upright Piano, German, F. B. Voigt (L. Voigt), 1832, Germany, German, Wood, various materials, H.: 216 cm (85-1/4 in.); W.: 125.2 cm (49-3/8 in.); D. 63.6 cm (25-1/8 in.), Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano.
Editorial Becker, Solophon, German, Becker, late 19th century, Markneukirchen, Germany, German, wood, metal, W. 12 15/16 x D. 2 3/16 x L 21 15/16 in. (32.9 x 5.6 x 55.7 cm) Sounding L of string: 19 7/16 in. (49.3 cm), Chordophone-Zither-bowed.
Editorial Hammer Dulcimer, American, ca. 1870, United States, American, Wood, W. 109 cm, (42-15/16 in.); D. 50 cm (19-11/16 in.); H. (case w/o lid): 16 cm (6-5/16 in.); H. (incl. legs and lid): 75 cm (29-9/16 in.), Chordophone-Zither-struck-dulcimer.
Editorial Thomas Western, Square Piano, British, Thomas Western, before 1794, London, England, United Kingdom, British, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, iron, brass, ivory, ebony, various materials., Case length (perpendicular to keyboard) 53.8 cm, Width (parallel to ...
Editorial Tambourin a Cordes, French, 19th century, Pyrenees region (?), France, French, Wood and various materials, Total L. 96.3 cm., Body width--widest/narrowest: 17.2/ 12.1 cm., Body depth 7 cm., Vibrating length of strings 77.5 cm, Diameter of rosettes 7.8 ...
Editorial Sylvanus J. Talbott, Alexander Violin, American, late 19th century, Milford, New Hampshire, United States, American, Wood, various materials, 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.);...
Editorial Laqin, Chinese, 19th century, China, Chinese, Wood, iron, L. (including iron pins): 61 cm (24 in.); W. 15.2 cm (6 in.), Chordophone-Zither-bowed.
Editorial Bumbass, German or American, late 19th century, United States or Germany ?, German or American, Wood, metal, skin, L. 182 cm., L. of bow 86.6 cm., Chordophone-Zither-bowed.
Editorial August Fleurot, ?pinette des Vosges, French, August Fleurot (French, 18261898), late 19th century, Valdajol, France, French, Wood, metal., L. 58.9 cm., Greatest width 6.2 cm., Depth of soundbox 2.4 cm, Sounding length of strings +/- 48 cm., Chordophone...
Editorial Tsii' Edo 'Ai, Native American (Apache, probably), 19th century, United States, Native American (Apache, probably), Agave, wood, horsehair, a) Body Diam.3.8-4.5 x L. 31.8cm (1 1/2-1 3/4 x 12 1/2in.); b) bow L. 27.3cm (10 3/4 in.), Chordophone-Zither-bowed.
Editorial Langeleik, probably Norwegian, 18th century?, Norway?, probably Norwegian, Wood, Length: 86.1 cm (33 7/8 in. ); Greatest width: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); Depth of soundbox: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); Sounding length of longest string: 67.7 cm (26 5/8 in.); Sounding...
Editorial Zither, German, 19th century, Germany, German, Wood, metal, gut., Greatest width 31.9 cm., Depth of soundbox 4.5 cm., Sounding length of longest string 66.2 cm, Sounding length of shortest string 36.6 cm., Length +/- 78.0 cm., Chordophone-Zither-plucked.
Editorial Svaramandala, Indian, late 19th century, India, Indian, Gourd, wood, L. 49.5 cm (19-1/2 in.), Diam. of body 27.3 cm (10-3/4 in.), Chordophone-Zither-plucked.
Editorial Zither String Anchor, North China, 3rd2nd century B.C., North China, Gilded bronze, Diam. (of top) 2 in. (5.1 cm); H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Metalwork.
Editorial Square 'Work Box' Piano, possibly French, early 19th century, France?, possibly French, Various materials, Case length (perpendicular to keyboard) 33.5 cm, Width (parallel to keyboard), excluding handles 44.9 cm, Total height (no legs) 17.8 cm, One-oct...
Editorial Yanggum, Korean, 19th century, Seoul?, Korea, Korean, Wood, wire, metal, L. 65.8 cm (25-12/16 in.); W. 19.9 cm (7-13/16 in.); D. 4.2 cm (1-11/16 in.), Chordophone-Zither-struck-dulcimer.
Editorial Herrauou, Malagasy, late 19th century, Madagascar, Malagasy, Wood and gourd, L. 35.6 cm (14 in.), Chordophone-Zither-plucked.
Editorial Longman & Broderip, Square Piano (Portable Model), British, Longman & Broderip, ca. 1790, London, United Kingdom, British, Mahogany veneer case, ivory naturals, ebony accidentals., Case length (perpendicular to keyboard): 40.8 cm, Width (parallel to ke...
Editorial Jacob Kirkman, Harpsichord, British, Jacob Kirkman (British, born Bischwiller, Alsace, France 17101792 Greenwich, England), Abraham Kirkman (British, born Bischwiller, Alsace, France, 17371794 Hammersmith, England), 1781, London, England, United Kingdo...
Editorial Caspar Katholnik (Katholnig), Square Piano, Austrian, Caspar Katholnik (Katholnig) (Austrian, Vienna 17631829 Vienna), ca. 18015, Vienna, Austria, Austrian, Mahogany veneered case, bone naturals, ebony slips over dark-stained accidentals., Case length ...
Editorial George Astor, Square Piano, British, George Astor (Baden 17521813 London), 178498, London, England, United Kingdom, British, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, iron, brass, ivory, ebony, various materials., Case L. (perpendicular to keyboard): 55.8 cm (22 in.)...