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Description: | Diatonic Paraguayan-style harp. 36 strings, the curved frame and straight forepillar are of dark brown wood. The back of the sound box is also of dark brown wood and the sound table is flat and of light brown wood. The pegs set into the frame are of wood and simply made. The strings are of twisted gut; the C strings are black and the F strings are red. The bottom 15 strings pass through holes in the string-holder or bridge, the upper 21 are attached to pegs set into similar holes. The base of the instrument is curved with two wooden feet. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | rubber wood nylon paint animal fibre diatonic harps | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12526 |
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