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Subiaco Museum > Records

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: 'THE AUSTRAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC' MANDOLIN-GUITAR

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Wooden Zither painted black. Strings fixed to flat horizontal base. One side straight, other side curved, curves back to narrower top along the edge of which project at right angles sixty-two square-faced string adjustment keys. Strings are a mixture of narrow gauge wire and spring type. They are strung parallel to each other across the front surface of the zither over a circular hole cut into this surface. The zither is decorated with multi-coloured floral design transfers around the front surface border, around the circular hole and bordering the note scale director which runs across the zither at right angles to the zither strings.
Inside the zither and visible through the hole is the manufacturer's label. ' The Austral Academy/ MANDOLIN GUITAR/of/Music'.
Label on reverse: 'Made in Germany'. Also known as a Zither and Autoharp

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cwa-org-43-1985.1241

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'The Austral Academy of Music' MANDOLIN GUITAR'.
Made in Germany

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Item owned by local family.
Condition: Historic: Aesthetic:
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Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

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