autoharp (Damper bar box zither)

~ String instrument

Description

Initially developed in 1880's by Gütter, it was produced and sold by Zimmerman in America and became popular in the 1910 and onward. Wooden box zither has spring mounted bars used to mute strings for chords.

Relationships

invented by (as Volkszither):Karl August Gütter (instrument inventor)
type of:zither
related instruments:omnichord
picture:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/autoharp/autoharp.png [info]
Wikidata:Q370915 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_autoharp.html [info]
https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_autoharp.html [info]