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Nail violin
A nail violin and associated bow, possibly made in Germany circa 1800. Wooden soundboard in semi-circular shape with soundhole, and metal nails mounted around the edge. The nails giving the diatonic intervals are straight, and those for the chromatic intervals are curved at the top. Sound is produced by rubbing a bow across the nails.
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/2369
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/74
- Musical instrument
Date
- circa 1800
- 1800~
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/2369
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/74
- Musical instrument
Date
- circa 1800
- 1800~
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Identifier
- #MINIM-UK:9261
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-10-09T20:46:04.272Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-12-15T09:39:27.485Z