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A Musima Guitar Zither with 25 melody strings and 24 chord strings. A 6/25 - 6 chord sets and 25 melody strings - fretless zither. 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.
Oscar Schmidt was a musical instrument manufacturing company established in 1871. During its long existence, Oscar Schmidt has produced a wide range of string instruments, not only guitars but also numerous models of parlour instruments such as autoharps, celtic harps, guitar zithers, the "guitarophone" (a zither/metal-disc playing hybrid), [3] marxophones [4] and bowed psalteries (or "ukelins").
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]
Guitar (electric guitar, bass guitar) Guitar zither; Harp guitar; Hawaiian guitar; Octofone; Octobass; Pedal steel guitar; Psaltry (Bowed psaltry) Resophonic guitar (Dobro; Delvecchio; Triolian) Steel Guitar (Hawaii) (Lap steel guitar) Strumstick; Taropatch (Tenor ukulele) Tenor violin; Tiple (American tiple) Ukulele (Hawaii) Zither (Concert ...
Zither (/ ˈ z ɪ ð ər, ˈ z ɪ θ-/; [1] German:, from the Greek cithara) is a class of stringed instruments. The modern instrument has many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. [1] [2] [3] Zithers are typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
Trough zithers (2 P) Tube zithers (1 C, 20 P) Z. ... Zither instrument stubs (54 P) Pages in category "Zithers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 ...
3rd bridge preparation, the front and the back tone are in a reciprocal relationship and known as the bi-tone [1]. On a standard guitar, the string is held above the soundboard by two nodes: the "nut" (near the headstock) and the "bridge" (near the player's right hand on a standard guitar).
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