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Voice modifier (zazah)
19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Boxwood
Dimensions
17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2033
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Sound devices
DescriptionA cylindrical tube of stained boxwood with a membrane covered by a perforated cap. A sound tube near the membrane. The tube has three finger- holes, which are used to produce a kind of tremolo when two of them are stopped and the third is trilled by shaking the finger on it. The finger- holes have no effect on intonation.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)