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Scheitholts

Scope note

German plucked zitherlike chordophones with one to four melody strings and several drone strings stretched over a slender rectangular soundbox with frets fitted to its long left side and tapering to form a pegbox at the upper end.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042845

Term used for

Scheitholz

Equivalent Terms used

Scheitholt

Created

13yrs ago

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