Zithers by John Roeder
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:46 pm
Hi Folks, sharing this note and photos sent by John Roeder.
The first three photos are the model I built in 2015. The next three are the model with the piano bottom ( Klavierboden) that I built during 2016-2018. Both have a Decke / Top of Canadian Cedar with French Polish as a finish. The Klavierboden model also has a bottom/ Boden of Canadian cedar. Both instruments have a very loud, rich tone quality. The 2015 model is warmer and darker in the tone. The Klavierboden model sounds louder and a bit brighter in tone quality. I have also sold 14 of my vinyl records "140 Years of Zither in America" since 2017.
gut Klang,
John Roeder
The first three photos are the model I built in 2015. The next three are the model with the piano bottom ( Klavierboden) that I built during 2016-2018. Both have a Decke / Top of Canadian Cedar with French Polish as a finish. The Klavierboden model also has a bottom/ Boden of Canadian cedar. Both instruments have a very loud, rich tone quality. The 2015 model is warmer and darker in the tone. The Klavierboden model sounds louder and a bit brighter in tone quality. I have also sold 14 of my vinyl records "140 Years of Zither in America" since 2017.
gut Klang,
John Roeder