Figure 84 - from "WoodMusICK – 4th Annual Conference 2017. Proceedings."
Fig. 4: Zither resonance-table, Kat.- Nr. 5563, Foto: Sophie Kleinbeck, Berlin 2016, RS ELEN SMT enrenc tn OUP Rane ee: ERATURE UEN: arenes eet SAMAR TSR er ete OR SO eins | PARES Be AG, NRE OR Rae RAEI EES TEN Te SEMEN AD ASO ESET OMAN REA PR Se Te eR Ae Fig. 5: Zither resonance-table, Kat.- Nr. 5563, X-ray: Christoph Schmidt, SMB, Berlin 2016 The undamped and covibrating strings of the stringed keyboard instruments are part of the sound producing system for many hundred years. The sound of the zither gets a special character because of the sympathetic strings. The aliquodium is a development of this principle. It is like a substructure underneath the zither which amplifies the sound by resonating strings, made in the 1890s in a transportable size.
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Abstract: Preservation of Wooden Musical Instruments: Ethics, Practice and Assessment Musical Instruments Museum (Brussels), 5-7 October 2017





