| Family |
Sub-family |
Maker |
Type
Number in ( ) = courses, from (looking at
face of instrument) left to right (bass to treble). Number in [ ] = total strings
within course(s) |
Model,
description |
Year |
Serial # |
Appears on
my CDs |
Additional web
information by GM |
|
| Guitars |
Flat-top |
Guild |
12-string jumbo |
F-512 |
1990s |
|
|
|
 |
| Gitane |
6-string Selmer
copy |
D-500 |
2004 |
|
|
|
 |
| Peñalver, Pedro Martinez |
6-string Spanish |
"Especial" (inside-out bridge) |
Spain,
1983 |
|
|
|
 |
| Waller. J. |
6-string
classical |
. |
c.1970 |
|
Bright,
Bright, The Holly Berries |
|
 |
| Flat-top,
extended base |
Scherr, Emilius |
6-string Patent
Harp-Guitar |
birdseye and
flame maple b&s |
Philadelphia,
c.1937 |
|
|
|
 |
| Stumcke, Charles |
6-string, after
Scherr's Patent Harp-Guitar |
flame mahogany b&s |
Boston, 1853 |
|
|
|
 |
| Arch-top |
Gibson |
6-string |
Style
O "Florentine" |
1921 |
67048 |
The
Christmas Song |
|
 |
| Resonator |
Dobro |
roundneck,
wood-body, single-cone |
Style 65
or 66 |
1929 |
2208 |
|
. |
 |
| National |
squareneck,
metal-body, tri-cone |
Style 1 |
1930 |
1909 |
Jingle
Bells / The Chipmunk Song
|
|
 |
| Char, Kerry |
squareneck,
wood-body, single-cone |
"Gregg
Miner" koa |
. |
|
. |
"Gregg
Miner" model Resonator Guitar by Kerry Char |
 |
| |
| Tenor |
Regal |
flat-top |
. |
c.1930 |
|
Jingle
Bell Rock |
|
 |
| Regal or ? |
resonator |
wood-body,
single-cone |
c.1930 |
J |
. |
. |
 |
| National |
resonator |
Style 3,
metal-body, single-cone, guitar-shape |
Serial #
anomaly per Brozman - either 1932 or 1934 |
2642 |
. |
. |
 |
| Keychord |
automatic chord
fretting mechanism |
all-mahogany |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| Steel |
National |
electric, lap
(6 string) |
New Yorker |
1946 |
V1200 |
Jingle
Bell Rock |
|
 |
| National |
electric, lap
(8 + 8) |
Grand Console |
1954 |
X45171 |
Sleigh
Ride |
|
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
Hawaiian
(6-string - converted from Harp Steel left, then right handed) |
"Weissenborn-shaped" |
1920s |
|
Norwegian
Wood |
HHW18 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
Harp Steel
(2 + 6 + 4) |
"Weissenborn-shaped" |
1914-1928 |
|
White
Christmas
Norwegian
Wood
|
HHW1 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
Harp Steel
(2 + 6) |
"Weissenborn-shaped"
slender |
|
|
Norwegian
Wood |
HHW25 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
Convertible Harp
Steel
(4 + 6) |
"Upper
Treble Point" |
1914-1920s |
|
Norwegian
Wood. |
HCP1 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
Convertible Harp
Steel
(5 + 6 + 4) |
"No
Point" |
1920s |
|
Norwegian
Wood |
HCN3 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
Hawaiian
6-string |
"Baby
Pineapple" |
1914-1920s |
|
Norwegian
Wood |
Blog:
and baby makes 6…
HP6
|
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
Hawaiian
6-string |
"Teardrop" |
1914-1920s |
|
Norwegian
Wood |
TD5 |
 |
| Harp
Guitar |
Akeson,
Charles |
(4 + 6) |
under Dahlman
patent #469,548 |
Minneapolis, c.1891 |
|
|
|
 |
| Biehl, Tony |
(6 + 6) |
Double-neck |
Davenport, c.1897 |
|
|
|
 |
| Bohmann, Joseph |
(12 + 6 [10]) |
Custom
double-neck w/10-strings on fb (lowest 4 octave-doubled) |
Chicago, c.1900 |
|
|
|
 |
| Bruno, Charles &
Co. |
(4 + 6 [12]) |
12-strings on neck |
c.1902 |
|
|
|
 |
| Carlson, G. E. |
(12 + 6) |
Double-neck |
Chicago, c.1900 |
|
|
|
|
| Carruth, Alan |
(5 + 6) |
Experimental |
2010 |
|
|
|
 |
| De Barbieri,
Paolo |
(8 + 6) |
|
Genoa, c.1920 |
|
|
|
 |
| Dyer, W. J. & Bro.
(built by the Larson brothers) |
(6 + 6) |
Style 8 |
c.1910 |
690 |
Bring
a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella |
Dyer
Harp Guitars |
 |
| Fuchs, Heinrich |
(9 + 6) |
Wappen shape |
Munich, 1921 |
|
|
|
 |
| Galimberti |
(6 + 6) |
|
Milan, 1932 |
|
|
|
 |
| Gazzo, Settimio |
(8 + 6) |
Taraffo style |
Genoa, c.1920 |
|
. |
The Harp Guitars of Settimio Gazzo |
 |
| Gibson |
(10 + 6) |
Style U |
1916 |
29740 |
"A
Charlie Brown Christmas" Medley |
The
Gibson Harp Guitar |
 |
| Gibson |
(12 + 6) |
scroll bridge, long
scale |
c.1905 |
|
|
|
 |
| Hansen, H. |
(4 + 6) |
|
Chicago, c.1891 |
|
|
America
’s First True Harp Guitar |
 |
| Harmony |
(8 + 6) |
Patent |
Chicago, c.1915 |
|
|
|
 |
| Harwood |
(12 + 6) |
. |
Kansas City, c.1900 |
|
You're
a Mean One, Mr. Grinch / Welcome Christmas |
Harwood Harp Guitars |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
(5 + 6) |
"1898
Patent" |
Port Townsend, c.1898 |
|
White
Christmas
Norwegian
Wood
|
HGP4 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
(5 + 6) |
Symphony |
Port Townsend, c.1899 |
|
White
Christmas
Norwegian
Wood
|
HGT1 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
(7 + 6 [9] + 7) |
"Lower Bass
Point" |
Seattle, c.1913 |
|
White
Christmas
Norwegian
Wood
|
HGS1 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
(7 + 7 + 6 + 7) |
"Zither
Harp Guitar" |
Seattle, c.1913 |
|
Norwegian
Wood. |
HGS40 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
(5 + 6) |
"Double
Point" 3/4 scale |
Seattle, c.1906 |
|
Norwegian
Wood |
HGS72 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
(8 + 6) |
"Lower Bass
Point" |
Seattle, c.1913 |
|
Norwegian
Wood |
HGS73 |
 |
| Lyon
& Healy |
(6 + 6) |
College
Line Monster Bass |
Chicago, c.1910 |
|
|
Lyon
& Healy's
Monster Bass Harp Guitar |
 |
| Maccaferri, Mario |
(4 + 6) |
Maccaferri
personal instrument |
Cento, c.1926 |
|
|
The Harp Guitars of Mario Maccaferri |
 |
| Merrill, Jim |
(6 + 6) |
built for Stephen
Bennett |
|
No. 1 |
|
|
|
| Mozzani |
(3 + 6) |
dual arm, oak
leaf design |
Cento/Bologna, 1910-1940 |
|
. |
The Incredible Harp Guitars of Luigi Mozzani |
 |
| Mozzani |
(3 + 6) |
dual arm, carved
back, formerly owned by Mozzani and Maccaferri |
Cento/Bologna, 1910-1940 |
|
|
The Incredible Harp Guitars of Luigi
Mozzani |
 |
| Nunez, Francisco |
(3 + 8) |
|
c.1895 |
|
|
|
 |
| Oppitz, Frank |
(8 + 6) |
personal instrument
and/or Shutt prototype |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Priano |
(3 + 6, modified to 8
bass by Antonello Saccu) |
|
Genoa, 1926 |
|
|
|
|
| Regal |
(6 + 6) |
|
c.1900 |
|
|
|
 |
| Selling, Otto (att) |
(6 + 6) |
repaired by Klingberg, Sweden, 1886 |
Sweden, c.1840s |
|
You're
a Mean One, Mr. Grinch / Welcome Christmas |
|
 |
| Southwell, Gary |
|
archguitar
(James Kline's original instrument) |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Stahl (built by the
Larson brothers) |
(10 + 6) |
"Picasso"
harp guitar, with internal second body |
c.1912 |
|
|
|
 |
| Weymann (att) |
(12 + 6) |
double
tree-of-life double neck |
Philadelphia, c.1910 |
|
|
|
 |
| Zimmerman |
(4 + 7) |
11-course
Russian |
c.1900 |
|
|
|
 |
| Anonymous |
(10 + 6) |
Italian-American? |
c.1910-1920 |
|
|
|
 |
| Lyre
Guitar |
Lyon & Healy |
(6) |
Washburn "Terz
model" |
c.1892 |
|
|
|
 |
| |
Mareschal,
Pierre Charles |
(6) |
|
c.1780-c.1800 |
|
|
|
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mandolins |
Arch-top |
Gibson |
mandolin |
F4, 3-point |
1907 |
6262 |
The
Christmas Song |
|
 |
| Gibson |
mandolin |
F4 |
c.1920 |
illegible |
Jesu,
Joy of Man's Desiring |
|
 |
| Gibson |
mandola |
H2 |
1917 |
36692 |
Jesu,
Joy of Man's Desiring |
|
 |
| Gibson |
tenor lute |
TL1 |
1924 |
77598 |
The
Christmas Song |
|
 |
| Gibson |
mandocello |
K4 |
1924 |
76985 |
Jesu,
Joy of Man's Desiring |
|
 |
| Gibson |
mandobass |
. |
1929 |
88180 |
Jesu,
Joy of Man's Desiring |
|
 |
| Flat-back |
Howe-Orme |
"mandolinetto" |
Style 2 |
c.1895 |
1684 |
Bright,
Bright, The Holly Berries |
The
Great
Elias Howe
Mystery |
 |
| Leland |
piccolo |
. |
. |
|
. |
Piccolo
Mandolin |
 |
| unknown
(Germany) |
pocket |
(Germany) |
c.1900 |
|
Bright,
Bright, The Holly Berries |
|
 |
| |
bandola |
|
c1900s |
|
|
|
 |
| Bowl-back |
del Perugia,
Fernando |
Lombardi
(Milanese) mandolin |
6 x 1 |
1891 |
|
|
|
 |
| Harp
mandolin |
Knutsen, Chris |
harp mandolin
(4 + 4 [8] ) |
black top |
1910-1914 |
|
.Norwegian
Wood
|
HM2 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
harp mandolin
(4 + 4 [8] ) |
koa |
1914-1920s |
|
.Norwegian
Wood. |
HM3 |
 |
| unknown
(Italian) |
harp mandolin
(8 + 4 [8], floor-standing) |
. |
c.1910 |
|
. |
Chitarra
monumentale |
 |
| Hollow-arm |
Calace |
lyre (mandolira) |
. |
1913 |
|
Bright,
Bright, The Holly Berries |
|
 |
| Dyer, W. J. & Bro. |
harp mandolin
(4 [8] ) |
Style
35 |
. |
|
..Norwegian
Wood |
Dyer
Harp Mandolins |
 |
| Dyer, W. J. & Bro. |
harp mandola
(4 [8] ) |
Style 135 |
|
403 |
.Norwegian
Wood |
Dyer
Harp Mandolins |
 |
| Jenkins |
lyre-bandurria |
Harwood |
c.1908 |
|
|
|
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
harp mandolin
(4 [8] ) |
spruce, Lower
Bass Point |
1910-? |
|
.Norwegian
Wood |
HM35 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
harp mandolin
(4 [8] ) |
spruce, Lower
Treble Point |
1910-? |
|
White
Christmas
.Norwegian
Wood
|
HM1 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
harp mandola
(5 [10] ) |
koa |
1913-1914 |
|
.Norwegian
Wood |
HMA2 |
 |
| Larson (att) |
harp mandola
(5 [10]) |
|
|
|
|
The
Mysterious Five-Course Harp Mandola |
 |
| Laurenti, F. |
harp mandolin
(4 [8] ) |
|
1938 |
|
|
Blog:
New Find / Historical Maker / Museum Acquisition |
 |
| Monzino |
harp mandolin
(4 [8] ) |
. |
c.1900 |
|
Bright,
Bright, The Holly Berries |
|
 |
| Unknown |
harp mandolin
(4 [8] ) |
bowl-back |
c.1900 |
|
|
|
 |
| Hybrid |
Miner, Gregg |
resonator
single-cone wood-body mandocello |
Miner-cello |
1994 |
|
Jingle
Bells / The Chipmunk Song |
The
Miner-cello |
 |
| Regal |
"hybrid"
(~octave mandola scale) |
Octofone |
c.1930 |
|
Jingle
Bell Rock |
|
 |
| Turturro |
mandolin
and ukulele |
"Turnover" |
1924-1928
("Pat. Applied For") |
|
|
|
 |
| Resonator |
Dobro |
resonator |
65 or 66 |
1929 |
2123 |
|
|
 |
| National |
resonator |
Style 2,
metal-body, single-cone |
1930 |
426 |
|
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Banjos |
Hybrid |
Gibson |
ukulele-banjo |
UB1 |
c.1930 |
|
Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town |
|
 |
| Gibson |
mandolin-banjo,
trap-door resonator |
MB4 |
c.1918 |
11018A |
I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas |
|
 |
| Gibson |
guitar-banjo,
trap-door resonator |
GB4 |
c.1920 |
|
I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas |
|
 |
| La Foley.
George |
harp-mandoline-banjo |
|
1909 |
|
|
|
 |
| Pollman,
August |
banjo-lute
(wood-body flat-top) |
"Mandoline-Banjo" |
1890s |
|
Winter
Wonderland |
|
 |
| Winder, John
Geldert |
"Portable
Harp"
(banjo-zither-harp) |
after 1891
London R. L. Darby patent |
c.1895 |
|
|
|
 |
| Yosco |
banjo-zither |
|
c.1918 |
|
|
|
 |
| Open-back |
McGinnis & Shaw |
melody |
"Clef Club Bandolin" |
c.1915 |
|
|
|
 |
| Schall, J. B. |
piccolo |
|
c.1900 |
|
Sleigh
Ride |
|
 |
| Stewart |
banjeaurine |
. |
. |
|
. |
|
 |
| Stewart |
bass or cello |
. |
. |
|
. |
|
 |
| unknown |
English
6-string fretless |
((Tunbridgeware) |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| unknown |
giraffe or
banjorette |
"Silver
Queen" |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| Resonator |
Gibson |
5-string |
RB5 |
1970 |
174735 |
The
Christmas Song |
|
 |
| Gibson |
tenor, trap-door
resonator |
TB5 |
c.1920 |
1106A-35 |
I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas |
|
 |
| Zither |
Windsor |
bass
7-string |
. |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| Wilmhurst |
5-string |
. |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ukuleles |
. |
Altpeter, Franz |
double harp
ukulele (2 + 4 + 2) |
"Double
Bass Uke" |
. |
|
. |
Altpeter Harp Guitar and Double-Harp Ukulele |
 |
| Dobro or Regal |
resonator |
wood-body |
c.1930 |
none |
. |
. |
 |
| Dunn, Michael |
tenor harp
ukulele
(3 + 4) |
Custom
"Maccaferri/Knutsen/Dunn" style |
2010 |
|
|
Blog:
Dunn is done! |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
harp ukulele (4) |
koa, full-rope |
. |
|
.Norwegian
Wood |
HU45 |
 |
| Knutsen, Chris |
harp taropatch
(4x2) |
red gum, concert
size |
|
|
.Norwegian
Wood |
|
 |
| Lyon & Healy |
Tiple |
American Conservatory |
c.1920s |
5045 |
|
|
 |
| Martin |
taropatch |
. |
.c.1930 |
|
Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town |
|
 |
| National |
resonator |
Style 1 large
metal-body |
1928 |
183 |
. |
. |
 |
| Noble, Duane |
tenor harp
ukulele
(4 + 4) |
custom Gregg Miner
model |
2015 |
|
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|
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lutes,
Citterns, Early Plucked Strings |
. |
Harwood,
Ian |
Renaissance cittern
(4x2)
(b-g-d'-e') |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Rollins, John |
chitarrone in A
(Italian tiorba) (14 [20] ) |
after M. Dieffopruchar, Venice, 1610 |
1993 |
|
Angels
We Have Heard On High |
|
 |
| Rollins, John |
swan-necked
Baroque lute
(13 [25] ) |
after Joachim
Tielke, Hamburg, c.1670 |
1993 |
|
Still,
Still, Still |
|
 |
| |
Bass lute |
based on
c.1590 basslaute |
|
|
|
|
 |
| unknown
(Germany) |
Renaissance lute
(8
[15] ) |
. |
c. 1970 |
|
What
Child is This? |
|
 |
| Raymond Passauro, Belgium |
orpharion |
after Palmer |
1962 |
|
|
|
 |
Renault
(Renault & Chatelain) |
arch-cistre
(arch-cittern) |
|
1792 |
|
|
|
 |
| Preston |
Guittar with Smith
Patent Box
(pianoforte guittar) |
|
c.1790 |
|
|
|
 |
| X. Bazelaire |
"French lyre"
(lyre-guittar) |
Versaille |
1778 |
|
|
|
|
| Mollenburg |
Swedish lute |
|
1816 |
|
|
|
 |
| Anon |
bass mandolone |
X-course |
c.1750 -
1780 |
|
|
|
 |
| Harps |
. |
Clark |
neo-Irish |
Irish |
c.1915 |
SERIAL |
Of
the Father's Love Begotten |
|
 |
| Lyon & Healy |
grand
concert |
23G |
1960s |
6157 |
. |
. |
 |
| Markwood |
wire-strung
(25) |
. |
1983 |
|
. |
. |
 |
| McFall |
neo-Irish |
|
early 1900s |
No. 89 |
|
|
|
| Pleyel, Wolf &
Lyon |
chromatic
cross-strung |
|
c. 1900 |
475 |
|
|
|
| Triplett |
neo-Irish |
Celtic I |
1980s |
268195 |
. |
. |
 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Zither |
Alpine
or Concert |
Anonymous |
|
. |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Anonymous |
Schlag zither |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Kiendl, Anton |
concert |
|
c.1880 |
|
O
Tannenbaum |
|
 |
| |
concert |
metal frame |
|
|
|
|
|
| Washburn |
concert |
.. |
c.1898 |
|
O
Tannenbaum |
|
 |
| Bowed |
Haslwanter |
bowed |
Streichmelodeon |
1873 |
|
O
Tannenbaum |
|
 |
| |
bowed |
Bass
Streichmelodeon |
188- |
|
|
|
|
| Lutz |
bowed |
heart-shaped |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| |
Violinett |
|
423 |
|
|
|
 |
| |
bowed |
|
|
|
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|
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| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| |
|
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| |
|
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|
|
|
| Dulcimer |
anon |
epinette
des Vosges |
|
c. late 1800s |
|
|
|
 |
| Nagoya Harp
(Japan) |
Nardan Harp
(keyboard-fretted dulcimer) |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| |
Solophone |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Folk |
(Sweden?) |
krafzither |
. |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| (Sweden?) |
scheitholt |
. |
. |
|
. |
. |
 |
| Fretless |
|
Bell Harp |
|
|
|
|
. |
 |
| Bredshall &
Faber |
Zitho-Harp |
Style
"E" |
c.1902 |
|
The
Holly And The Ivy |
|
 |
| Dolceola Co. |
Dolceola |
|
1900s |
2582 |
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The
Dolceola Pages |
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| Flagg
Manufacturing Co. |
Apollo Harp |
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| Harp-O-Chord Co |
Harp-O-Chord |
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| Harp-O-Chord Co |
Harp-Zither |
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| International
Music Corp. |
Chartola |
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| International
Music Corp. |
Ukelin |
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The
Holly And The Ivy |
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| Manufacturers
Advertising Co. |
Tremoloa |
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1945 |
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The
Holly And The Ivy |
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| Marx & Marx |
Pianophone |
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| Meloharp |
Meloharp |
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| Muller |
Harfen-Laute |
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1004 |
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| Oscar Schmidt |
Autoharp |
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1970 |
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The
Holly And The Ivy |
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| Oscar Schmidt |
Mandolin
Guitarophone |
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| Paramount Harp
Co. |
Paramount
Concert Harp (Mandolin-Harp) |
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The
Holly And The Ivy |
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| Phonoharp |
Marxophone |
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The
Holly And The Ivy |
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| Phonoharp |
Regent Zither |
No. 5 |
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| Zimmerman |
Grand Concert
Autoharp |
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| The Harp
Manufacturing Co. |
Symphony Harp |
No. 5 |
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| Mechanical |
Chordephon
Musikwerke |
Chordephon |
No. 9 |
c.1900 |
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| Harp-lute |
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Anon |
harp-guitar |
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c.1800-1807 |
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| Light/Barry |
harp-lute-guitar |
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c.1803-1807 |
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| Light/Barry |
harp-lute |
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c.1807-1819 |
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harp-lute |
split
fingerboard |
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| Light |
.dital
harp |
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c.1819-1829 |
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| Lute-zither |
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Stoessel |
Stoessel-mandolin |
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The
Stössel-lute |
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| Stoessel |
Stoessel-lute,
7-string |
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The
Stössel-lute |
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| Stoessel |
Stoessel-lute,
9-string |
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The
Stössel-lute. |
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| Stoessel |
Stoessel-lute,
bass |
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The
Stössel-lute. |
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| Stoessel. |
Stoessel-lute,
contrabass. |
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The
Stössel-lute |
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| Misc
Strings |
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Anonymous |
tromba marina |
reproduction |
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Angels
We Have Heard On High |
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| Stroviol |
1 string,
long scale |
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| Thuringer |
waldzither,
6 course (1 + 1 [floating] + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3) |
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| Winds |
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.Germany |
soprano recorder |
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229 |
What
Child is This? |
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.Germany |
alto recorder |
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What
Child is This? |
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.Germany |
tenor recorder |
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What
Child is This? |
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.Germany |
bass recorder |
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What
Child is This? |
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Woods |
alto crumhorn |
.c.1980 |
c.1980 |
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What
Child is This? |
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Monk |
cornett |
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1990 |
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What
Child is This? |
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tin whistle (various) |
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I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas |
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Alba |
low whistle, D |
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native American
flute |
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ocarinas
(various sizes) |
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I
Wonder As I Wander |
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| Misc |
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Hugh Lacey |
kalimba (sprano, alto) |
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Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town |
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Flexitone |
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Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town |
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Jaymar |
toy piano |
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Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town |
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| Ethnic |
Afghanistan |
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rabab |
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| Africa |
Mali |
kora |
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| West Africa |
pluriarc
(multiple bow harp) |
c. late 19th
century
(from an old New England ethnographic
museum now defunct, through a New York auction house) |
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| Gabon |
pluriarc |
mid-20th century |
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| Congo |
pluriarc |
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| Gabon |
arched harp |
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| West Africa |
harp
(male: Seto) |
collected early
1960's |
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| DRC |
harp
(female: Nabo) |
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DRC
(Mangbetu) |
kundi harp |
mid-20th century |
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Ivory Coast
(Baoulé) |
harp |
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| Ethiopia |
krar
(lyre) |
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3-string tortoiseshell lute |
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| Nigeria |
raft zither
(bamboo) |
collected by my Aunt Dorothy
Miner, missionary, c.1960 |
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| .Tanzania
(att) |
trough zither
(wood, string) |
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Tanzania
(Zigua) |
trough zither |
second half 20th
century |
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Mali
(Dogon) |
metal double
gong |
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| Gabon (Fang) |
metal gong |
late 20th
century |
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| Zaire |
slit gong-rasp |
second half 20th
century |
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balafon
(xylophone) |
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| Andrew Tawedzera |
mbira dza
vadzimu |
21st century |
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| Central Africa (Chokwe) |
lamellophone |
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| Kenya |
lamellophones |
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| Cameroon |
trumpet |
mid-20th century |
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djembe |
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ashiko drum |
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sakara |
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talking drum |
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udu drum (clay
pot) |
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|
We
Three Kings of Orient Are |
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(ground
cowbells, 2 each) |
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shekere (gourd w/shell rattles) |
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| Kenya |
cane box rattle |
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| Kenya |
sistrum |
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| Kenya |
sistrum |
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animal bells
(various materials) |
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We
Three Kings of Orient Are |
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Arabian
(misc) |
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rabab |
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| Armenia |
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duduk |
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| Australia |
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didgeridoo |
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| Bali |
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carved wood flute |
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geng gong
(bamboo jaw harp) |
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(Burma)
Myanmar |
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saung gauk (boat
harp) |
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| Cambodia |
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crocodile zither |
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| China |
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qin (7-string
long zither) |
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zheng
(21-string long zither) |
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yehu
(coconut shell huqin) |
Hong Kong |
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sanxian (lute) |
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sheng (mouth
organ) |
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kou xiang
(brass jaw harp)
(triple) |
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| Eastern
Europe |
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prim "tamburitza" |
Croatia/Serbia? |
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bisernica (" tamburitza") |
Croatia/Serbia? |
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| Egypt |
|
oud |
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We
Three Kings of Orient Are |
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darbuka |
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riq |
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We
Three Kings of Orient Are |
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mijwiz (double free reed flute) |
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| Fiji |
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log drum |
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| Finland |
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kantele
(36-string) |
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| India |
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sitar |
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|
The
Little Drummer Boy |
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tambura (tanpura) |
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The
Little Drummer Boy |
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sarod |
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esraj |
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The
Little Drummer Boy |
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shenai |
small size |
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gopichand |
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punji
(gourd snake
charmer double free reed flute) |
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khartals (bronze
finger cymbals) |
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| Indonesia |
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anklung (tuned
bamboo rattles) |
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|
Santa
Claus is Comin' To Town |
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khaen (bamboo free reed mouth organ. 1 small, 1 large) |
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bamboo frog
caller |
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| Ireland |
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bodhran |
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I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas |
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bones |
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I
Saw Three Ships / Good King Wenceslas |
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| Jamaica |
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cane tube fiddle |
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| Japan |
. |
koto (long
zither) |
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O
Come, O Come, Emmanuel |
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shakuhachi |
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mukkuri
(bamboo jaw harp) |
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| South
Korea |
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kayagum (long
zither) |
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| Laos |
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gaeng
(bamboo free reed mouth
organ) |
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| Latin
America |
(?) |
bajo sexto |
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|
I
Wonder As I Wander |
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| (?) |
bandola (6)
[2+2+3+3+3+3] |
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| (Argentina) |
charango
(wood-body) |
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|
I
Wonder As I Wander |
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| (Argentina) |
charango
(armadillo body) |
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|
I
Wonder As I Wander |
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tiple (armadillo body) |
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| (Argentina) |
quena (notched
flute) |
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| (Argentina) |
tranverse flute
(2 each) |
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| (Bolivia) |
sikus (panpipe,
1 small, 1 large) |
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|
I
Wonder As I Wander |
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| (Brazil) |
rainstick |
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I
Wonder As I Wander |
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berimbau |
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assorted clay,
wood flutes |
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| Madagascar |
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valiha (2 each,
steel strings) |
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| Malaysia |
central Borneo
(Dayak) |
sape |
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| Sumatra (Batak) |
sape
(mother, child) |
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| Nepal |
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sarangi |
1900's |
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| Papua
New Guinea |
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kundu (monitor
lizard-skin head hourglass wooden drum) |
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slit
drum |
mid-20th century |
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| Persia |
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setar |
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| Philippines |
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kubing
(bamboo jaw harp) |
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| Portugal |
. |
Portugese
guitarra (6 [12]) |
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viola braguesa (?)
(5) [3+3+2+2+2] |
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| Russia |
(made in
Germany) |
balalaika,
soprano (3 [6]) |
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The
Ukrainian Bell Carol |
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| Spain |
|
bandurria (6
[12]) |
. |
1900s |
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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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lute |
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bronze singing
bowl |
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trumpet |
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temple bells |
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| Turkey
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|
saz |
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|
We
Three Kings of Orient Are |
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darbuka
(metal) |
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|
We
Three Kings of Orient Are |
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| Ukraine |
|
bandura, concert |
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|
The
Ukrainian Bell Carol |
|
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| .Gregg Miner |
bandura,
diatonic |
"Bear &
Fish" |
1975 |
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|
The
Ukrainian Bell Carol |
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| Unknown |
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musical conch shell |
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| Viet
Nam |
|
dan bau
(monochord) |
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dan tranh (long
zither) |
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dan nhi
(Chinese erhu
equivalent) |
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(oboe) |
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frog wood blocks |
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dan moi
(brass jaw harp) |
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| Unknown |
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cane tube zither |
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