Aeolian Harp

Collection Type

  • Musical instruments

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-2703

Description

Rectangular-shaped body of pine painted dark red. Three sets of sound holes in top and thirty-six small circular sound holes in one side of body. Four crudely carved wood tuning pegs at each end to attach strings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

aeolian harps
carving (processes)
nylon
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Pine
Nylon
Painted
Carved
Harp

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.75 x 31.75 x 6.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.928

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