1700s English Bell Harp Box Zither Music Instrument 1920s Ad Trade Card

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1700s English Bell Harp Box Zither Music Instrument 1920s Ad Trade Card<br>NOTE:<br>THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS<br>THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.<br>THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD<br>AND<br>THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!<br>THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY<br>2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.<br>ORIGINAL 1920s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD<br>BELL HARP<br>A type of wire-strung psaltery characteristically swung while being played. It is classified as<br>a box zither. Examples were produced in the early 18th century by John Simcock of Bath,<br>who may have invented the instrument. A modern form, known as fairy bells, was played<br>by English and French street musicians in the late 19th century and early 20th, and as a<br>domestic and convivial instrument in England. The player holds the instrument in both hands,<br>the left thumb plucking the longer strings and the right thumb, with a plectrum, the shorter<br>ones. At the same time he swings the instrument about at arm's length, a technique that<br>produces an evocative, undulating sound. 18th-century bell harps were about half a metre<br>high and had between 14 and 24 triple or quadruple courses tuned diatonically, 16 being<br>the most common number. Many instruments had wooden lugs projecting from the sides, on<br>which the player could rest his wrists and thus help control the momentum of the swing.<br>THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE<br>SEE IMAGES ABOVE<br>THE CARD DIMENTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY<br>2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.<br>NOTE:<br>THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD<br>TO SHOW THE DETAIL.<br>THIS WAS PRINTED IN THE 1920s<br>IT IS NOT PERFECT<br>THERE MAY BE CREASING - PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS<br>SEE IMAGES ABOVE!<br>1<br>WE COMBINE SHIPPING<br>BUY 1 TO 4 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND THE TOTAL TO SHIP IS $2<br>BUY 5 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND SHIPPING IS FREE<br>NOTE:<br>ON LARGER INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WE MAY REQUIRE REGISTERD<br>MAIL AND WILL SPLIT THE COST WITH THE BUYER.<br>INQUIRE IF CONCERNED!