

Harpo-lyre, ca. 1830
André Augustin Chevrier (French, active 1820–42)
Mirecourt (France)
Wood
André Augustin Chevrier (French, active 1820–42)
Mirecourt (France)
Wood
L. 39 in. (99 cm)
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly Gift, 1992 (1992.117.1,.2)
This three-necked instrument features a central neck tuned like a conventional guitar (E-A-d-g-b-e'), plus a neck on the left tuned chromatically (A-B flat-c-d flat-d-e) and one on the right tuned diatonically (c'-d'-e'-f'-g'-a'-b'-c2). The back and sides are of figured walnut. Not all of the ormolu (mercury-gilded brass) mounts on the yoke are original.







