Nuzha

Nuzha (Pers.), zither of ancient Persia, described in a 14th-c. treatise (Kanz al tufah) as being twice the size of a *qānūn, with 108 strings, in courses of 3, of which 81 strings were full length; 27 were half-length treble strings stretched between the longer ones. It was played horizontally (75 I, 170). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Farmer, Henry George. Studies in Oriental Musical Instruments; Series I, London, 1931; Series II, Glasgow, 1939. Sachs, Curt. The History of…