Psalmodikon

2 or 3 melody strings. 12 outer and 12 inner sympathetic strings. Cello shaped. Has belonged to an account in Johannishus, Hjortsberga socken in Blekinge. The instrument is tagged "Jöns (?) Eriksson". Acuired in 1909 from Ragnhild Nilsson, Stockholm. A similar psalmodikon, made by violin maker Nils Nilsson (1842-1929) in Malmö, is in Musikhistorisk Museum in Copenhangen, Denmark.