tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post718974969071893707..comments2024-03-01T05:31:44.635-05:00Comments on The Village Carpenter: ScheitholtKari Hultmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-58756857923143436812009-02-19T15:34:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:34:00.000-05:00Hi there, the fretted zithers you see in the Merce...Hi there, the fretted zithers you see in the Mercer museum are the ancestors of the modern 'mountain dulcimer', played by many people today. Here is my blog about playing the mountain dulcimer in the traditional style:<BR/>http://dulcimer-noter-drone.blogspot.com/<BR/>Aren't those old instruments beautiful?<BR/>Lisa :)Strumeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111992200177574268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-34288877098829317652008-10-22T05:47:00.000-04:002008-10-22T05:47:00.000-04:00Steve, thanks for the comment. I have seen instru...Steve, thanks for the comment. I have seen instruments called autoharps that have been referred to as zithers and I suspect they may be similar to the concert zither. I actually met the man who built autoharps for the June Carter Cash family. Cool instrument!Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-72300403922920341592008-10-21T22:01:00.000-04:002008-10-21T22:01:00.000-04:00The Third Man theme is played on a "zither" but a ...The Third Man theme is played on a "zither" but a very different kind of instrument. It is a "concert zither". It is a European descendant of the scheitholt type zither, like the dulcimer is an American descendant.<BR/><BR/>The American version simplified, reduced the strings to three courses. The European concert zither, as the name indicates, strove for more complexity rather than simplicitySteve in Cheap Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169240006722561547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-87672006735180560302008-10-20T04:21:00.000-04:002008-10-20T04:21:00.000-04:00Kari said - 'I've never seen that movie'Old b/w sp...Kari said - 'I've never seen that movie'<BR/>Old b/w spy film with Orsen'Cart, (Wells) set in Vienna (not sure on that one) just after, or at the end of, the war. Worth a view if you get the chance and once you've heard the theme music, you'll never forget it - RobWoodblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573880625129679293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-27508867065406967122008-10-18T07:29:00.000-04:002008-10-18T07:29:00.000-04:00Rob, I've never seen that movie, but I imdb'd it a...Rob, I've never seen that movie, but I imdb'd it and it sounds interesting. I had heard of autoharps before, but never scheidholts/zithers before going to the museum. <BR/><BR/>Lynn, I'm hoping to find someone who can play a zither so they can tell me how to tune it. It looks like a fun instrument and may just be the first one I can actually play! <BR/><BR/>I didn't know there were Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-88328439472899931062008-10-17T14:23:00.000-04:002008-10-17T14:23:00.000-04:00There are lots of dulcimer players in the PA/DE ar...There are lots of dulcimer players in the PA/DE area. I belong to the Brandywine Dulcimer Fellowship, Wilmington, DE, started by Kevin Roth. I also take my dulcimer to Revolutionary War reenactments and play a lot of 18th century and older music and Old Timey music. Since reenactors like you to be "period appropriate", I explain that my dulcimer gets its heritage from the Scheitholt. It just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-26516290278278383252008-10-17T05:18:00.000-04:002008-10-17T05:18:00.000-04:00Kari - interesting stuff. The only bit of music p...Kari - interesting stuff. The only bit of music played on a zither (I think) that I can recollect is the theme from the 'Third Man'... - RobWoodblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573880625129679293noreply@blogger.com