Tom-

As Rudi mentioned, I'm here in the Wilton-Norwalk area (southwestern CT). If you would like to meet up with zither in hand, send me an email and will see what we can do. DonOffinger@juno.com

Rudi- Interesting to see you reference Dave Brubeck and his classic signature piece, Take Five. I grew up with his children, his daughter being in my high school class (Wilton, Connecticut). Though Dave has passed 3 yrs on and his wife, just last year, his sons still live in town and are composing a...

I have two really nice Zithers: #1 was inherited from distant relative, via my dad who was given this instrument by the widow of the player, who played this Alto Zither (Alt Zither) in a zither band in Astoria & Brooklyn during the early-mid 1900s. The instrument has no maker's label, but it is ...

Ken- Another beautiful job by Sasha! He has refurbished two zithers for me and they are beautiful: one is an Alto Zither which has been with my family for many years, and the other one is a nice little Schwarzer which I picked up inexpensively from eBay a year ago (also sight unseen). Despite the la...

The 2-Volume set by Willi Hintermeyer, Der Weg zur Virtuositaet is a terrific resource for the Right Hand! They can be purchased from the website: www.notenbuch.de using PayPal. With the dollar and the Euro near parity these days, the cost of 6.5 EUR each is extremely reasonable (plus the postage fr...

Tom- Click on the original weblink: www.kerschbam.de and once the site launches, you can then move your mouse over the pink-lettered KERSCHBAMusi at the top, or RAUCHBERGmusi at the bottom to launch the respective website for the group. Once at each site, you'll see tabs at the top for various items...

I recently purchased two CDs from my friend Andi Waldschuetz in Warngau, Germany and I highly recommend both. Each CD has 20 tracks alternating between the Kerschbam Zithermusi (an ensemble of 3 zithers and guitar) and the Rauchbergmusi and Biergriagl (ensembles of accordian, violin, clarinet, flute...

I recently purchased a CD that has "Isarwinkler Landler" on one the tracks. It's a terrific piece, and I can't seem to find it at the website Notenbuch.de . It believe it is scored for two zithers and guitar. Does anyone happen to have this delightful Landler in sheet music to share? I am ...

I'd heard NE & SE CT got slammed. We had 8" though we were forecast for 24". Would enjoy meeting up sometime, as we'd once planned, when the weather subsides and moderates and it is safe to bring Zithers from house to car. Some years ago I checked with the Yale School of Music to see i...

Tom-

Thank you for the referral to NotenBuch.de . Will check them out!

How are you progressing with your Zither? Much snow up your way? We were spared down here in the SW corner of the state.

Don