akkordolia (German keyed box zither)

~ String instrument

Description

Similar to the Japanese taishogoto, it has an elongated teardrop shaped wooden body with button accordion like keys which plays the melody and sets chords.

Relationships

from:Germany
invented by:Otto Teller (akkordolia inventor)
type of:keyed box zither (Composite chordophone)
derived from:hummel (Medieval pear-shaped drone zither)
picture:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/akkordolia/akkordolia.png [info]
Wikidata:Q4701390 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_akkordolia.html [info]