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A COLLECTION OF SIX (6) RARE PROTOTYPE STRING INSTRUMENTS! UNIQUE, ONE-OF-A-KIND, ANTIQUE MARX

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A COLLECTION OF SIX (6) RARE PROTOTYPE STRING INSTRUMENTS! UNIQUE, ONE-OF-A-KIND, ANTIQUE MARX
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This item SOLD at 2022 Nov 19 @ 13:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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A COLLECTION OF SIX (6) RARE PROTOTYPE STRING INSTRUMENTS! UNIQUE, ONE-OF-A-KIND, ANTIQUE MARX PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENTS CIRCA 1920'S-30'S. INCLUDING 2 VINTAGE ANTIQUE BOWS, VIOLIN-UKES, HARPS, SLIDE TREMOLOS FROM THE MARX COLONY FACTORY IN TROY, MICHIGAN, USA. MADE OF WOOD AND METAL, THEY VARY IN LENGTH FROM ABOUT 21 TO 34 INCHES. THESE WERE EARLY WOOD & METAL DESIGN MODELS, NONE OF WHICH WERE EVER PRODUCED IN THESE EXACT CONFIGURATIONS. MARX INSTRUMENTS WERE STRUCK, BOWED AND/OR PLUCKED FRETLESS ZITHERS INVENTED BY HENRY CHARLES MARX (1875-1946). THEY WERE MOSTLY SOLD DOOR-TO-DOOR BY TRAVELING SALESMEN.