|
Miner, Gregg
"Miner-cello"
single-cone wood-body mandocello
Los Angeles, CA
1994
|
|
Article:
The Miner-cello
Article/Music: Jingle
Bells / The Chipmunk Song
|
|
National
metal-body, single-cone
Style 2, Ser # 426
Los Angeles, CA
1930
|
|
|
Mandolins,
Hybrid |
Turturro, Nicola
"Turnover" combination mandolin
and ukulele
("Pat. Applied For")
Brooklyn, NY
c.1924-c.1928
|
|
|
Banjos,
Open Back |
Anonymous
6-string fretless, Tunbridgeware
marquetry
England
c.1880
|
|
|
| Schall, J. B.
piccolo banjo
Chicago, IL
c.1890-c.1910
|
|
Article/Music: Sleigh
Ride
|
| Anonymous
giraffe banjo (banjorette)
"Silver
Queen"
c.1900
|
|
|
| Stewart, S. S.
Imperial Banjeaurine
"Pat Jan 11 1887"
(no Ser #)
Philadelphia, PA
c.1887-c.1900s
|
|
|
| Stewart, S. S.
cello banjo
Ser # 16425
Philadelphia, PA
c.1895
|
|
|
| McGinnis & Shaw
Melody banjo
"Clef Club Bandolin"
c.1915
|
|
|
Banjos,
Resonator |
Gibson
tenor
Style TB5, Ser # 1106A-35
trap-door
resonator
Kalamazoo,
MI
c.1920
|
|
|
| Gibson
mandolin-banjo
Style MB4, Ser # 11018A
trap-door resonator
Kalamazoo,
MI
c.1918
|
|
Article/Music: I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas
|
| Gibson
guitar-banjo
Style GB4
trap-door resonator
Kalamazoo,
MI
c.1920
|
|
Article/Music: I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas
|
| Gibson
ukulele-banjo
Style UB1
Kalamazoo,
MI
c.1930
|
|
Article/Music: Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town
|
| Gibson
5-string
Style RB5, Ser # 174735
1970
|
|
Article/Music: The
Christmas Song
|
Banjos,
Zither |
Wilmhurst, Arthur John
5-string
London, England
c.1890-c.1900s
|
|
|
| Windsor & Taylor
"Windsor Patent Zither Banjo"
Bass 7-string
Birmingham, England
c.1892-c.1901
|
|
Music: Elnora
|
Banjos,
Hybrid |
Pollman,
August
"Mandoline-Banjo"
wood-body, flat-top
New York
c.1888-c.1890
|
|
Article/Music: Winter
Wonderland
|
| La Foley.
George
harp-mandoline-banjo
London
1909
|
|
|
| Winder, John
Geldert
"Portable
Harp"
(banjo-zither-harp)
after 1891
London R. L. Darby patent
London
c.1895
|
|
|
| Yosco
banjo-zither
New York
c.1918
|
|
|
| Ukuleles |
Gélas
double-top, likely built by T. Gaudet or
J. Rovičs under
Gelas 1905 patent
Paris
c.1925
|
|
|
| Lyon & Healy
"American Conservatory" brand
Tiple (10 metal
strings in 4 courses)
Ser # 5045
Chicago, IL
c.1920s
|
|
|
| Martin
Taropatch (8 strings in 4 courses)
Style 1M
Nazareth, PA
.c.1930
|
|
Article/Music: Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town
|
| Dobro or Regal
resonator: wood body, single cone
Los Angeles, CA
c.1930
|
|
|
| National
Style 1, Ser # 183
large-size
metal-body, single cone
Los Angeles, CA
1928
|
|
|
| Knutsen, Chris
Harp Ukulele (hollow-arm,
no extra strings)
koa, full-rope binding
Los Angeles, CA
c.1915-c.1920
|
|
HU45
Article: The
Fancier Fanciest Known Knutsen Harp Ukulele
|
| Knutsen, Chris
Harp Taropatch
concert size, hollow-arm, no extra
strings)
Los Angeles, CA
c.1915-c.1920
|
|
Book/Music: Norwegian
Wood
|
| Altpeter, Franz
"Double
Bass Uke"
double harp ukulele
(2 + 4 + 2)
Chicago, IL
c.1927
|
|
Article: Altpeter Harp Guitar and Double-Harp Ukulele
|
| Dunn, Michael
tenor harp
ukulele
(3 + 4)
custom
"Maccaferri- Knutsen- Dunn" style commissioned by Gregg
Miner
New Westminster, BC, Canada
2010
|
|
Article:
Dunn is done!
|
| Noble, Duane
tenor harp
ukulele
(4 + 4)
custom Gregg Miner
model
Richland,
WA
2015
|
|
Music: When You Wish Upon a Star
Music: Soundtrack to A Miner Family History
|
Lutes,
Citterns,
Early
Plucked
Strings |
Anonymous
Renaissance lute
(8
[15] )
Germany
c. 1970
|
|
Article/Music: What
Child is This?
|
| Rollins, John
swan-necked
Baroque lute
(13 [25] )
after Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, c.1670
Bellingham, WA
1993
|
|
Article/Music: Still,
Still, Still
|
| Rollins, John
chitarrone in A
(Italian tiorba)
(14 [20] )
after M. Dieffopruchar, Venice, 1610
Bellingham, WA
1993
|
|
Article/Music: Angels
We Have Heard On High
|
| Heyno Herbst
Bass lute
based on one-of-a-kind c.1590 basslaute
Germany
ex Walter Erdmann collection
c.1997
|
|
Article/Video: A Lute Out of a Nightmare
|
| Passauro, Raymond
orpharion
after Palmer
Belgium
1962
|
|
|
| Harwood,
Ian
Renaissance cittern
(4x2)
(b-g-d'-e')
Oxford, England
c.1960s
|
|
|
| Anonymous
tromba marina
reproduction, c.1060s
|
|
Article/Music: Angels
We Have Heard On High
|
| Bazelaire, F.
"French lyre" (lyre-guittar)
(12, courses?)
Versaille, France
1778
|
|
Article: Some
Truths About Lyres
|
Renault
(Renault & Chatelain)
arch-cistre
(arch-cittern)
Paris, France
1792
|
|
|
| Preston
Guittar ("English Guitar")
with Smith
Patent Box
(pianoforte guittar)
London, England
c.1790
|
|
|
| Mollenburg, Lorens
Swedish lute
Stockholm, Sweden
1816
|
|
|
| Suhl, Th. Heym
Thuringer waldzither
6 course (1 + 1 [floating] + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3)
Thuringia, Germany
c.1890
|
|
|
| Harps |
Clark Harp Mfg. Co.
"Irish" (neo-Irish)
Syracuse, NY
c.1915
|
|
Article/Music: Of
the Father's Love Begotten
Article: Wheres the Harp in Harp Guitar?
|
| Cousineau, Pere et Fils
(father
and son, Georges & Jacques-Georges, respectively).
single-action
Paris
C.1780
|
|
Article: Wheres the Harp in Harp Guitar?
|
| Lyon & Healy
grand
concert
Style 23G, Ser # 6157
Chicago, IL
1960s
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
Article: Wheres the Harp in Harp Guitar?
|
| Markwood
wire-strung
(25)
Phoenix, OR
1983
|
|
Article: Wheres the Harp in Harp Guitar?
|
| McFall, James
neo-Irish
No. 89
Belfast, Northland Ireland
early 1900s
|
|
Article: Wheres the Harp in Harp Guitar?
|
| Pleyel, Wolf &
Lyon
chromatic
cross-strung
Ser # 475
Paris
c.1900
|
|
Article: Wheres the Harp in Harp Guitar?
|
| Triplett
neo-Irish
Celtic I, Ser # 268195
San Luis Obispo, CA
1980s
|
|
Article: Wheres the Harp in Harp Guitar?
|
Zithers,
with
Fretboard
(Alpine, Concert,
Folk, Novelty)
|
Anonymous
Kraftzither
Sweden?
1800s
|
|
|
| Tiefenbrunner, Georg
Schlag zither
Munich, Germany
1849
|
|
|
Anonymous
(att. Alois Gastel)
Glarner
zither
Glarus, Switzerland
c.1890
|
|
|
Gunzelmann
Brothers
(att.)
concert
harp-zither with metal frame
Nürnberg,
Bavaria
Patented
April 24, 1885
|
|
|
| Kiendl, Anton
concert
Vienna
c.1880
|
|
Article/Music: O
Tannenbaum
|
| Lyon & Healy
"Washburn" brand
concert
Chicago, IL
c.1898
|
|
Article/Music: O
Tannenbaum
|
| Schwarzer, Franz (factory)
Arion
Perfecta zither
Ser # 10214
Washington, MO
c.1915
|
|
|
| Anonymous
concert harp-violin-zither
c.1900
|
|
|
| Anonymous
Citera
Hungary
late 1800s
|
|
|
| Anonymous
Epinette
des Vosges
Vosges, France
late 1800s
|
|
|
| Solophone
Germany
c.1900
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
|
| Nardan Harp
Japan
mid-1900s
|
|
|
Zithers,
Bowed |
Haslwanter,
Johann
Streichmelodeon
Munich, Germany
1873
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
Article/Music: O
Tannenbaum
|
| Heidegger, Eduard
Cello
Streichmelodeon
Linz, Austria
c.1870s-c.1890s
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
|
| Lutz Brothers
Streich-Zither
(bowed zither)
Schönbach, Germany
c.1890-c.1910
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
|
| Pugh. Johannes
Violinett
Ser # 423
Austria
c.1903
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
|
| Schwarzer, Franz (factory) Washington,
MO
c.1890
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
|
| Anonymous
Streichmelodeon with amplifying horn
Germany
c.1900
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
|
Zithers,
Fretless
See:
Fretless Zithers
|
Apollo Harp
Flagg
Manufacturing Co.
Boston, MA
c.1895-c.1900
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| Autoharp, Concert Grand
Zimmermann, C.F. Co.
SER # 30
Dolgeville, NY
c.1895-c.1899
|
|
Article: The C. F. Zimmermann Concert Grand Autoharp
|
| Bell Harp
England?
late 1800s
|
|
|
| Chartola
(scroll & pillar form)
International
Music Corp.
Hoboken, NJ
c.1926-c.1931
|
|
|
|
Dolceola
Ser # 2582
Dolceola Co.
Toledo, OH
c.1900s
|
|
Articles: The
Dolceola Pages
|
Harfen-Laute für
Einarmige
(harp-lute for one hand)
Ser # 1004
Müller, Sepp
Kleinholthausen, Germany
Registered May 16, 1927
|
|
Article: The Musical Instrument Collection of Walter Erdmann
|
|
Harp-O-Chord
Harp-O-Chord Co.
Columbus, OH
c.1900
|
|
|
|
Harp-Zither
Harp-O-Chord Co.
Columbus, OH
c.1900s
|
|
|
| Harp Guitar
Harp Guitar Mfg. Co.
East Boston, MA
c.1904
|
|
|
| Hawaiian Art Violin
"stair-step"
form
Oscar
Schmidt Jersey City, NJ c.1920s
|
|
Article: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bowed Zithers
|
| Mandolin Guitarophone
American
Mandolin Harp Co.
Jersey City, NJ
c.1920s
|
|
|
| (Mandolin-Harp)
"Paramount
Concert Harp"
Paramount Harp
Co.
c.1930
|
|
Article/Music:
The Holly
And The Ivy
|
| Marxophone
Phonoharp
Co.
Boston, MA
c.1920
|
|
Article/Music:
The Holly
And The Ivy
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| Meloharp
Meloharp Co.
c.1896-c.1900
|
|
|
| Pianophone
Marx & Marx
Chicago, IL
c.1915
|
|
|
| Regent Zither
The Phonoharp
Co.
No. 5
Boston, MA
c.1898
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| Symphony Harp
No. 5
The Harp
Manufacturing Co.
Boston, MA
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| Tremoloa
Manufacturers
Advertising Co.
1945
|
|
Article/Music:
The Holly
And The Ivy
|
|
Ukelin
International
Music Corp.
Hoboken, NJ
c.1920s
|
|
Article/Music:
The Holly
And The Ivy
|
| Zitho-Harp
Style
"E"
Bredshall &
Faber
Chicago, IL
c.1902
|
|
Article/Music:
The Holly
And The Ivy
|
| Chordephon
(mechanical zither)
No. 9
Chordephon
Musikwerke
Germany
c.1900
|
|
|
| Harp-Lutes
|
Anon
harp-guitar
London
c.1800-c.1807
|
|
|
| Light/Barry
harp-lute-guitar
London
c.1803-1807
|
|
|
| Light/Barry
harp-lute
London
c.1807-1814
|
|
|
| Maout
Apollo
lyre
London
c.1807-c.1815
|
|
Article: Some
Truths About Lyres
|
| Anon
harp-lute
split
fingerboard
London
c.1814-
|
|
|
| Light,
Edward dital
harp
London
c.1819-1829
|
|
|
| Levien, Mordaunt
guitare harpe
Patent No. 2739, Paris 1825 London
|
|
Undergoing
restoration
|
| Stössel-Lutes |
Stössel-mandolin
|
|
Article:
The Stössel-Lute
|
| Stössel-lute,
7-string
|
|
Article:
The Stössel-Lute
|
| Stössel-lute,
9-string
|
|
Article:
The Stössel-Lute
|
| Stössel-lute,
bass
|
|
Article:
The Stössel-Lute
|
| Stössel-lute,
contrabass
|
|
Article:
The Stössel-Lute
|
| Winds |
soprano recorder
Germany
|
|
Article/Music: What
Child is This?
|
| alto recorder
Germany
|
|
Article/Music: What
Child is This?
|
| tenor recorder
Germany
|
|
Article/Music: What
Child is This?
|
| bass recorder
Germany
|
|
Article/Music: What
Child is This?
|
| alto crumhorn
Wood
c.1980
|
|
Article/Music: What
Child is This?
|
| cornett (cornetto)
Monk, Christopher
1980
|
|
Article/Music: What
Child is This?
|
| tin whistle (various, Ireland)
D low whistle (Alba)
Native American flute
non-Western flutes
|
|
|
| ocarinas
(various)
|
|
Article/Music: I Wonder
As I Wander
|
Miscellaneous
Western
Instruments |
Stroviol
1 string,
long scale
|
|
|
| kalimbas (sprano, alto)
Hugh Lacey
1970s
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
Article/Music: Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town
|
| Flexitone
|
|
Article/Music: Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town
|
| toy piano
Jaymar
1970s
|
|
Article/Music: Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town
|
Non-Western
Instruments*
*Countries and Regions are currently
somewhat arbitrarily organized with countries generally in alphabetical
order. Scholars, I welcome additional details and corrections to names
and countries.
Afghanistan
|
rabab (rubab)
|
|
|
Africa,
Harps
|
arched harp
DRC
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| arched harp
Mangbetu
DRC
|
|
|
| pluriarc
West Africa
c. late 19th
century
(from an old New England ethnographic
museum now defunct, through a New York auction house)
|
|
|
| pluriarc
Congo
|
|
|
| pluriarc
Gabon
second half 20th
century
|
|
|
| arched harp
Gabon
|
|
|
| arched harp
(male: Seto)
West Africa
collected early
1960's
|
|
|
| arched harp
(female: Nabo)
DRC
|
|
|
| kundi harp
DRC
(Mangbetu)
second half 20th
century
|
|
|
| harp
Ivory Coast
(Baoulé)
|
|
|
| kora
Mali
c.2000
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| mvet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Africa,
Lyres,
Lutes,
Zithers
|
krar
(lyre)
Ethiopia
|
|
|
| gunibri
Morocco
|
|
|
| trough zither
Tanzania
(att)
|
|
|
| trough zither
Tanzania
(Zigua)
second half 20th
century
|
|
|
| raft zither (reed strings)
Nigeria
collected by my Aunt Dorothy
Miner, missionary, c.1960
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
Africa,
xylophones,
lamellophones
("thumb pianos":
mbira,
sanza, etc.)
|
balafon
c.2000
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
|
Central Africa
(Chokwe)
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
|
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
|
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
|
Kenya
c.2000
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| mbira dza
vadzimu
Andrew Tawedzera
21st century
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
Africa,
Trumpet,
Percussion
|
trumpet
Cameroon
second half 20th
century
|
|
|
| slit gong-rasp
Zaire
second half 20th
century
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| metal gong
Gabon
(Fang)
late 20th
century
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| metal double
gong
Mali
(Dogon)
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| ground cowbells
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| djembe
c.2000
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| ashiko drum
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| sakara
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| talking drum
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| udu drum (clay
pot)
|
|
Article/Music: We
Three Kings of Orient Are
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| shekere
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| cane box rattle
Kenya
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| sistrum
Mali?
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| sistrum
Kenya
|
|
Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
|
| misc percussion
|
|
|
| animal bells
(various materials)
|
|
|
| Armenia |
duduk
|
|
|
| Australia |
didgeridoo
|
|
|
| Bali |
carved wood flute
|
|
|
geng gong
(bamboo jaw harp)
|
|
|
| Bhutan
|
tungana
|
|
|
Burma
(Myanmar) |
saung gauk (boat
harp)
|
|
|
| Cambodia
|
crocodile zither
|
|
|
| China |
qin (7-string
long zither)
|
|
|
| zheng
(21-string long zither)
|
|
|
yehu
(coconut shell huqin)
Hong Kong
|
|
|
| sanxian (lute)
|
|
|
| sheng (mouth
organ)
|
|
|
kou xiang
(brass jaw harp)
(triple)
|
|
|
| Eastern
Europe
|
prim tamburitza
Croatia/Serbia?
|
|
|
| bisernica (tamburitza)
|
|
|
| Egypt
|
oud
|
|
Article/Music: We
Three Kings of Orient Are
|
| darbuka
|
|
|
| riq
|
|
Article/Music: We
Three Kings of Orient Are
|
| mijwiz (double free reed flute)
|
|
|
| Fiji |
log drum
(tourist's)
|
|
|
| Finland
|
kantele
(36-string)
|
|
|
| India |
sitar
|
|
Article/Music: The
Little Drummer Boy
|
| tambura (tanpura)
|
|
Article/Music: The
Little Drummer Boy
|
| sarod
|
|
|
| esraj
|
|
Article/Music: The
Little Drummer Boy
|
| shenai
(small)
|
|
|
| gopichand
|
|
|
| punji
(gourd snake
charmer double free reed flute)
|
|
|
| khartals
(bronze
finger cymbals)
|
|
|
| Indonesia
|
sape
central Borneo
(Dayak)
|
|
|
| sape
(mother, child)
Sumatra
(Batak)
|
|
|
| anklung
(tuned
bamboo rattles)
|
|
Article/Music: Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town
|
| khaen
(bamboo free reed mouth organ. 1 small, 1 large)
|
|
|
| bamboo frog
caller
|
|
|
| Iran |
setar
|
|
|
| Ireland |
bodhran
|
|
Article/Music: I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas
|
| bones
|
|
Article/Music: I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas
|
| Jamaica
|
cane tube fiddle
|
|
|
| Japan
|
koto
|
|
Article/Music: O
Come, O Come, Emmanuel
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| shakuhachi
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mukkuri
(bamboo jaw harp)
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| Laos |
gaeng
(bamboo free reed mouth
organ)
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Latin
America
(including Mexico) |
charango
tourist model, wood-body
Argentina
purchased while traveling there in 1983
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Article/Music: I Wonder
As I Wander
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| charango
tourist model, armadillo-body
Argentina
purchased while traveling there in 1983
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Article/Music: I Wonder
As I Wander
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| tiple
(armadillo body)
Argentina?
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| quena (notched
flute)
Argentina
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| transverse flutes
Argentina
purchased while traveling there in 1983
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| sikus
(panpipes, small, large)
Bolivia
purchased in 1983
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Article/Music: I Wonder
As I Wander
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| rainstick
Brazil
purchased while traveling there in 1983
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Article/Music: I Wonder
As I Wander
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| berimbau
Brazil
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| bandola
(6)
[2+2+3+3+3+3]
Columbia
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| bajo sexto
Mexico
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Article/Music: I Wonder
As I Wander
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| clay,
wood flutes
Mexico
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| Madagascar
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valiha
tube zithers, metal strings
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Music: A Miner Family
History Soundtrack
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| Nepal |
sarangi
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| Papua
New Guinea |
kundu
(monitor
lizard-skin head hourglass wooden drum)
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| slit
drum
mid-20th century
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| Philippines |
kubing
(bamboo jaw harp)
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| Portugal
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Portuguese
guitarra
(6 [12])
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| viola braguesa (?)
(5) [3+3+2+2+2]
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| Russia |
balalaika,
soprano
(3 [6])
(made in
Germany)
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Article/Music: The
Ukrainian Bell Carol
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| South Korea
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kayagum
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| Spain |
bandurria
(6
[12])
early 1900s
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Syria
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rabab
(spike fiddle)
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| Thailand
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phin pia
(stick zither)
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| sueng
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| sung
lisu
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| wot
(circular bamboo
panpipes)
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| Tibet
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bronze singing
bowl
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| trumpet
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| temple bell
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| Turkey |
saz
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Article/Music: We
Three Kings of Orient Are
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| darbuka
(metal)
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Article/Music: We
Three Kings of Orient Are
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| Ukraine
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bandura
concert chromatic model
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Article/Music: The
Ukrainian Bell Carol
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| bandura
diatonic
"Bear & Fish"
Gregg Miner
Chicago, IL
1975
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Article/Music: The
Ukrainian Bell Carol
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| Vietnam |
dan bau
(monochord)
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| dan tranh
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| dan nhi
(equivalent to the Chinese erhu)
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| (oboe)
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| wood block/rasp
(in form of a toad)
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| dan moi
(brass jaw harp)
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| Unknown Misc. |
musical conch
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| cane tube zither
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