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- Sat Jun 01, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Restorations
- Topic: Tuning pegs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 80
Re: Tuning pegs
Is your zither a European-made one, or American? European zither wrest-pins turn left = anti-clockwise to go down into the hole and tighten the string, raising the pitch of the note, and right = clockwise to go up and out of the hole and slacken the string, lowering the pitch. Some American made zit...
- Thu May 30, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Restorations
- Topic: Restoration questions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 49
Re: Restoration questions
I took mine off completely, straightened it in a vice and by gentle hammering to flatten it out (horrid things had been done to it in the past...!), then cleaned it with chrome polish. This cleaned it well, but the end result didn't look that good. I think originally it was tinned, but it was dull. ...
- Wed May 29, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alternate tunings?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 145
Re: Alternate tunings?
I tried to buy the downloadable version of "Let's Start" recently, paid via Paypal, and no link was sent, or at least nothing arrived. I have contacted her via e-mail and Messenger, and she claims to have sent the link again, but still nothing has arrived, and she seems to simply not care....
- Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:39 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Zither search
- Replies: 23
- Views: 725780
Re: Zither search
I bought two off German e-bay, as Covid lockdown survival projects! The first was a Bohemian 34 string zither by Votava (Prague), which needed quite a lot of work but is now fully playable, with a nice tone, but unfortunately out of tune as the griffbrett is just ...slightly inaccurate, so it will N...
- Sun Jul 31, 2022 2:33 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Zither search
- Replies: 23
- Views: 725780
Re: Zither search
It looks to me as though it has been dropped, and that corner has taken a bashing. It looks more serious than just loose veneer. Probably best to avoid this one! Are you in the US? There are two or three tidy looking zithers in the US on e-bay at the moment that show up in my search, even though I'm...
- Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:42 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Zither search
- Replies: 23
- Views: 725780
Re: Zither search
Founded 1929 in Schwaebische Gmuend, moved to Koblenz in 1935. Still going in the 1980s, but may have closed down now. Best known for guitars.
- Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:51 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Zither search
- Replies: 23
- Views: 725780
Re: Zither search
I just "Googled" Musik-Klein, and there is a Wikipedia entry. They specialised in high-quality reproductions of historic instruments, so the build quality is likely to be very good.
- Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:38 pm
- Forum: Zitherists
- Topic: NEED NOTES
- Replies: 10
- Views: 90552
Re: NEED NOTES
Gruss Gott Rudy!
Try www.deutscheslied.com, or www.volksliederarchiv.de
I suspect that you'll love the first one! Herr Schendel is very helpful.
Try www.deutscheslied.com, or www.volksliederarchiv.de
I suspect that you'll love the first one! Herr Schendel is very helpful.
- Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:15 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Restorations
- Topic: warped front board....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 21318
Re: warped front board....
Flat! The bow in mine is accidental, due to age and probably storage in an attic or barn!
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 2:13 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: In at the deep end....Restoring OLD Zither here in UK...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14276
Re: In at the deep end....Restoring OLD Zither here in UK...
Good luck with the cracks. There are some clever tools and glues, etc. available for veneering, so if you can get in you are off to a good start. I was fortunate to find a zither without cracks, though it had an alarming looking warp around the soundhole, which has flattened out a bit since restring...