Zither

[koula901]

My neighbor just picked up a cool, I'm sure, antique, zither. Couldn't find a Heritage label on it. Does anyone know if Heritage has ever made a zither?

 

Shufflin' off to Buffalo. May not be on line for awhile.

[tulk1]

Never saw Zither listed as an instrument made by Heritage. So ... no.

 

Mandolins, Banjos, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars. Think thats about it.

[DetroitBlues]

A what?

[koula901]

Z-i-t-h-e-r. Just as I said.

[DetroitBlues]

Z-i-t-h-e-r. Just as I said.

 

What is it?

[JeffB]

What is it?

its a zither.

[gpuma]

http://www.zither.us/files/cfmartin-zither.jpg

[GASguy]

A zither is something like an autoharp, you can see John Sebastian playing an autoharp in the old Loving Spoonful tapes like, "Do You Believe In Magic' if you do a search for them and watch the tape.

 

[GASguy]

A zither is something like an autoharp, you can see John Sebastian playing an autoharp in the old Loving Spoonful tapes like, "Do You Believe In Magic' if you do a search for them and watch the tape.

 

 

 

 

Here is a link to "Do You Believe In Magic' Love this stuff.

[FredZepp]

I remember using this one for some background tone on a recording long ago... ( it's the red trapezoid shaped thing.. )

 

[Trouble]

its a zither.

Exactly!

[Trouble]

I didn't know what it was either Detroit, I was kind of thinking along the lines of a scitar since the two words are a little similiar, so I was pretty far off.

[DetroitBlues]

Looks familiar... Like something from music class when I was a kid.

[pressure]

Try this link for the sound of zither music.

 

Then drink a couple litres of beer while shouting "Siggy Saki, Siggy Saki, Hoy Hoy Hoy!"

 

All involved will have a fab time.

[koula901]

What is it?