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Harp Guitar

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Title:

Harp Guitar

Caption:

Harp Guitar. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: 33 × 17 1/2 × 2 5/8 in. (83.8 × 44.4 × 6.7 cm). Maker: Luigi Mozzani (Italian, Faenza 1869-1943 Rovereto). Date: ca. 1915. This unusual looking instrument was named by its maker the chitarra lyra a due bracci (double-armed lyre-guitar). It was based on the design of guitars built in the 1840s by Friedrich Schenk of Vienna. The unusual "arms" (so-called by Mozzani) join at the top around the headstock. The entire body, including the arms, are hollow.The neck is free from the body and held in place by six metal bolts (three at the heel and three at the headstock). The bolts can be reached, and adjusted, through holes in the back of the instrument. This mechanism was patented by Mozzani in 1912.

Technique/material:

Maple, spruce, ebony, metal

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Maker:

Luigi Mozzani (Italian, Faenza 1869-1943 Rovereto)

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

3150 x 4200 px | 37.9 MB

Print size:

26.7 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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