2014
AL#117 p.68
Bill Kolb
▪ Concert Zither strings are available at www.doctorzither.com, despite the tiny size of the Zither market.
2014
AL#117 p.68
Bill Kolb
▪ Concert Zither strings are available at www.doctorzither.com, despite the tiny size of the Zither market.
1997
AL#50 p.30 BRB5 p.72
John Roeder
▪ Roeder offers construction advice about the classic German zither, which has 5 strings over a fretboard and as many as 40 open strings used for chord and bass accompaniment. Included are 6 drawings and 14 photos, as well as a shrunken version of GAL full-size Plan #41. Mentions Franz Schwarzer.
1997
AL#50 p.32 BRB5 p.78
John Roeder
▪ A full-scale instrument plan. See the GAL website for a low-rez preview.
1994
AL#38 p.26 BRB4 p.20
David Riggs
▪ Sometimes German instruments can look downright, well, German! Not the ones that Riggs captured on film, though. Perhaps the whole world is now one big melting pot.
1991
AL#27 p.26 BRB3 p.100 read this article
James Flynn
▪ This instrument is a unique and graceful-looking Russian folk psaltery, a sophisticated version of the lap harp grade schoolers play by sliding numbered sheet music under the strings.
1991
AL#27 p.32 BRB3 p.106
James Flynn
▪ A full-scale instrument plan. See the GAL website for a low-rez preview.
1990
AL#23 p.14 BRB2 p.406
Jonathon Peterson
▪ Doan describes his collection of oddball zithers.
1983
DS#246 BRB2 p.455
Bruce Day
▪ Tuning pins on antique zithers are different and larger than modern steel pins. Fortunately they are not hard to make. Here’s how, including 2 drawings.
1981
GALQ Vol.9#1
Nicholas-Von Robison
▪ Our very first full-scale instrument plan was an autoharp.