Lyre Guitar

Joseph-Louis Germain

Medium: Wood, mother-of-pearl, gut, metal wound on silk
Dimensions: L. 36 in. L. of fingerboard (nut to base) 39.8 cm W. of fingerboard at base 5.9 cm L. of body 43. cm W. of body at widest 33.1 cm D. of body at neck 7.2 cm, at foot 9.2 cm L. of Strings vibrating 65.1 cm Diam. of soundhole +/- 6cm
Culture: French
Department: Musical Instruments
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Dated: ca. 1840
Pixels: 989 × 1850
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Joseph-Louis Germain. Lyre Guitar, ca. 1840. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.