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Thread #17329   Message #166918
Posted By: GUEST,T in Oklahoma (Okeimockbird)
22-Jan-00 - 06:59 PM
Thread Name: What is a sheidholt?
Subject: RE: What is a sheidholt?
A scheithold is a narrow, 3-string Tyrolean fretted zither, a cousin of the Dutch "hummel", the French "epinette des Vosges" (sp ?) and the American Appalachian dulcimer. Michael Prateorius showed a picture of one in his book on musical instruments (circa 1619).

T.