I stopped today to talk to the "tiny white haired lady", who still works at Heim's shoe store and leather repair shop in Grafton WI, and fondly remembers her grandfather playing the zither. Her grandfather was Joseph Schauble of Port Washington WI, where he was employed at the chair factor...

Tuning pegs appear quite "shiny". Has this instrument been recently restored?

rudi

The red "f" seems to be the fourth string in the accompaniment section. The first accompaniment string may b a flat/g sharp, again speaking to age.

Unusual 6 string griffbrett, which has pegs not a "machine". This instrument appears to be very old, yet in apparent good shape, may be quite collectable, and needs professional appraisal.

What is the emblem on the top right?

rudi

Recently, I has the opportunity to examine an older zither. Old? there was an empty slot in the accompaniment (#0 ?) where the some older zithers kept an ab in front of the eb. There was a "bow" or cup shape to the top, with the center of the top being about 5 mm "below plumb". I...

Possible sources would include Anne Prinz (ATOZTHATISME@AOL) and Schneidermusic.de.

Rudi Mueller, Grafton, Ozaukee County Wisconsin
RMUELLERMKE@GMAIL,COM

Just ordered "Let's Start"; this sounds great. Several other interesting items on the site, I was almost like a kid in a candy store. Americans enjoy a really favorable US/Aus exchange rate right now. Students and teachers, current and potential, should really take a good look at this site...

Thank you Andy. Best wishes to all.

rudi

Good old Skt. Bonifacius grade school. Every class had 6 rows of eight studen6s (n 48 per class). And at that time (1944-1952) every grade had two classes....except ninth grade... for those who could afford to further their "catholic" education. Some of these nun/teachers were "noviti...

Anybody have any simple score for "ein Marsch der Bauern" that a newbie could enjoy?

rudi