Franz Schwarzer Zither Table
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Franz Schwarzer Zither Table
A reader of the web site, William S., sent in these photos of a zither table made by Franz Schwarzer in Washington, Missouri. Schwarzer's zither tables had a spruce top and bottom, with turned legs made of cherry wood. As with his zithers, Schwarzer placed a label inside the sound hole of his tables.
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- Label placed inside the sound hole of a Schwarzer table.
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Re: Franz Schwarzer Zither Table
the square inserts are virtually identical to the unsigned table we received from "tante ella", who had lived in the st louis area for many years.
this table is in florida at the moment, and will end up with cousin hans mueller and wife peggy, probably this fall.
rudy mueller
this table is in florida at the moment, and will end up with cousin hans mueller and wife peggy, probably this fall.
rudy mueller
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Re: Franz Schwarzer Zither Table
the table pictured here seems to have a rather "thin" (3-5 mm??) top. the table here in seminole has a mahogony (???) top approximately 10 mm, and a rather thin (1-2 mm? bottom, which is cracked. the similarities in inlay are remarkable. photos will be uploaded when we're back in grafton
rudy mueller
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Re: Franz Schwarzer Zither Table
on re-examining the "ella" table" with a woodworker here in georgia, we conclude the inlaid squares of the "ella" table are identical to those pictured here on the schwarzer table.
rudy mueller
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Re: Franz Schwarzer Zither Table
finally got the pictures of "ella's" , now peggy's, table.
hope the attachments come across.
rudy mueller
hope the attachments come across.
rudy mueller
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Re: Franz Schwarzer Zither Table
one must wonder if there aren't a few more like these out there.
rudy
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