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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9771901, member: 8267&quot;]It looks like modern construction, so may not be identifiable as a strictly traditional instrument. With strings and a bridge on both sides, it would have to be played upright like a harp, unlike a guzheng. Or it might be reversible like the combination instrument Roaring shows. Is there any evidence of another leg/support anywhere? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]481918[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://weplaywelltogether.com/products/kotamo-concert-monochord-three-instruments-in-one-tanpura-koto-and-monochord" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://weplaywelltogether.com/products/kotamo-concert-monochord-three-instruments-in-one-tanpura-koto-and-monochord" rel="nofollow">https://weplaywelltogether.com/products/kotamo-concert-monochord-three-instruments-in-one-tanpura-koto-and-monochord</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Using terms like upright double strung box harp, the only reasonable comparison I found was an &quot;arpanetta&quot;, an instrument from the baroque period in Europe. It had sets of strings on either side of a sound box -</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a41fa4_01d045348d5148798e5b20343906ca42.jpg/v1/fill/w_483,h_960,al_c,q_85,enc_auto/a41fa4_01d045348d5148798e5b20343906ca42.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.theharpconsort.com/arpanetta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theharpconsort.com/arpanetta" rel="nofollow">https://www.theharpconsort.com/arpanetta</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The hardware used, and the acanthus leaf carving on the sides, may suggest a European origin rather than Asian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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