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- Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:27 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Restorations
- Topic: White "Veining" Material
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1278
Re: White "Veining" Material
Also, the instrument came without a case.....hard times?
- Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:19 pm
- Forum: Repairs and Restorations
- Topic: White "Veining" Material
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1278
Re: White "Veining" Material
Suspicions, suspicions, suspicions..... This is an F. Seith zither; Andi Waldschütz is/has a restored F Seith beauty in his shop, and the finish is absolutely perfect. On this attempt, however, there are/were many crack lines parallel to the griffbret, all the way up to the far edge of the instrumen...
- Wed Apr 22, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: Repairs and Restorations
- Topic: White "Veining" Material
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1278
White "Veining" Material
The refinishing of the 24 euro zither we brought back from Germany has begun. At last Sunday's Zither Sunday, all agreed the sound of the instrument was quite good. The white veining in the 2 corners of the side of the instrument are missing. These would be the corners most susceptible to being bump...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:17 pm
- Forum: Places and Events
- Topic: Zither Sunday in Wisconsin
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5353
Re: Zither Sunday in Wisconsin
There will be a Zither Sunday on Sunday, April 19, 2015, 12:00 noon,at the home of Kurt Eckroth in Wales, WI.
Rudi
Rudi
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:51 am
- Forum: Places and Events
- Topic: Zither 10
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8613
Zither 10
The 'Zither 10' convention sponsored by the Bayrischer Volksbildung Verein is being held in Munich March 27-29, 2015. The program includes concerts, expositions, and presentations. The event site is www.zither10.de .
Rudi
Rudi
- Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:48 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Tell me your "my first zither" story!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3222
Re: Tell me your "my first zither" story!
my pfannkuchen experience exactly.....and I have them at least 3x per week. crepes in the u.s., my favorite is swiss or griuerre cheese with broccoli. I did luck out with the 20+ eu f Seith our daughter bought on eby.de. sound is great, better than the forg at home, but looks like it was stored in a...
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:28 am
- Forum: History
- Topic: Der Zitherspieler....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4453
Re: Der Zitherspieler....
The signature on the lower right hand corner is "H Maroder 1944"
Any ideas as to Who, Where, When, What of this gem?
Rudi
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:06 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Tell me your "my first zither" story!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3222
Re: Tell me your "my first zither" story!
#1 is a Schwarzer purchased from an aunt who had lived in Missouri, for $75. #2 is a 1937 Förg (Munich) inherited from my father #3 is a Hornsteiner (Passau) inherited from a friend. This is now unused, and needs new strings. #4 is an un-named gem with a six string griffbrett and open strings starti...
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 8:54 am
- Forum: Learning
- Topic: neater hand-written scores
- Replies: 2
- Views: 748
Re: neater hand-written scores
Thanks Jeff. I will try loading this later this spring...it's off to Germany for us next week.
Rudi
Rudi
- Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:10 am
- Forum: Learning
- Topic: neater hand-written scores
- Replies: 2
- Views: 748
neater hand-written scores
For those who arrange music for themselves or others, who want neater looking scores, and don't want/cannot invest in computer soft- and hardware, you may want to try the "Composer Template 2" from Long Beach Music, and sold through Amazon. This plastic template for most musical notation c...