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2. Autoharp - Wikipedia

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   Autoharp (center) by C.F. Zimmermann Co. in 1896–99; (left is a marxophone, right is a dolceola) Charles F. Zimmermann, a German immigrant in Philadelphia, was awarded a patent in 1882 for a “ Harp ” fitted with a mechanism that muted strings selectively during play. [3] He called a zither-sized instrument using this mechanism an ...

3. Hammered dulcimer - Wikipedia

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   A hammered dulcimer, like an autoharp, harp, or piano, requires a tuning wrench for tuning, since the dulcimer's strings are wound around tuning pins with square heads. (Ordinarily, 5 mm "zither pins" are used, similar to, but smaller in diameter than piano tuning pins, which come in various sizes ranging upwards from "1/0" or 7 mm.)

4. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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   Beggar's lyre, Crank lyre, Cymphan, Forgolant, Organistrum, Symphonia, Wheel fiddle, Wheel vielle. France. Stringing is given in reverse order, owing to the orientation of the instrument while playing. The first one (or two) strings are melody strings; others are drone strings. Other regional tuning variants exist.

5. Harp - Wikipedia

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   Zither. Chang (instrument) The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts. Its most common form is triangular in shape and made of wood.

6. Cross-strung harp - Wikipedia

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   Cross-strung harp. The cross-strung harp or chromatic double harp is a multi-course harp that has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. While accidentals are played on the pedal harp via the pedals and on the lever harp with levers, the cross-strung harp features two rows so that each of the twelve semitones of the chromatic ...

7. Guitar zither - Wikipedia

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   The guitar zither (also chord zither, fretless zither, [1][2] mandolin zither[3] or harp zither[4]) is a musical instrument consisting of a sound-box with two sets of unstopped strings. One set of strings is tuned to the diatonic, chromatic, or partially chromatic scale and the other set is tuned to make the various chords in the principal key ...