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by DonO
Sat May 22, 2021 10:11 pm
Forum: Repairs and Restorations
Topic: Interesting Zither Restorations Site
Replies: 6
Views: 14134

Re: Interesting Zither Restorations Site

Bruce- One of my neighbors had Mr. Cook refurbish an old zither some years ago, and the neighbor subsequently gave me his instrument. I have no idea what my neighbor paid Mr. Cook, but I did see the email correspondence of work in process. Let me give you my candid unvarnished opinion. Seeing the re...
by DonO
Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:09 pm
Forum: Zithers and Resources
Topic: Altzither strings and tuning
Replies: 6
Views: 8818

Re: Altzither strings and tuning

Rudi- My guess is that similar to a brass quartet/quintet of Trumpet(s), French Horn, Trombone and Tuba, the AltZither takes the similar place as the French Horn in the ensemble. I would be interested to know, however, why the name "Alt"Zither. BTW, are you back to ZitherSundays? I always ...
by DonO
Fri Mar 12, 2021 6:15 pm
Forum: Zithers and Resources
Topic: Altzither strings and tuning
Replies: 6
Views: 8818

Re: Altzither strings and tuning

Andy- Delighted to be of help. I know you will find the tuning guide for the AltZither strings a wonderful resource. Tune your strings to those pitches, but know that you play your strings like you would a concert zither. If you play in an ensemble of key of C zithers, you will have to transpose you...
by DonO
Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:14 pm
Forum: Zithers and Resources
Topic: Altzither strings and tuning
Replies: 6
Views: 8818

Re: Altzither strings and tuning

Andy- My Zither is an Altzither (you'll find it pictured elsewhere on the Zither US Forum). If you need a tuning guide for the Altzither strings, send me an email (DonOffinger@gmail.com) and I'll be glad to share and email you back my running guide....it is very useful to know what each string tunes...
by DonO
Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:56 am
Forum: Zithers and Resources
Topic: Transcriptions of Hymns for concert zither
Replies: 19
Views: 27073

Re: Transcriptions of Hymns for concert zither

I would suggest using a basic hymnal from any Protestant Church to capture a season's worth of hymns. You will have 4-parts immediately presented along with the text to follow along. You can choose which notes you want depending on your level of enthusiasm and skill-level. You may find just playing ...
by DonO
Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:14 am
Forum: Repairs and Restorations
Topic: warped front board....
Replies: 6
Views: 16265

Re: warped front board....

Graham- Do you have Sasha's email address? If no, it is: radicicguitars@gmail.com He has attained Master level in zither making and repairs while working with HartwigMusik in Munich in the late-1990s before coming to St Louis, MO. He may be able to refer you to someone for zither repair either in th...
by DonO
Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:54 pm
Forum: Repairs and Restorations
Topic: warped front board....
Replies: 6
Views: 16265

Re: warped front board....

Graham- I would recommend that you contact Sasha Radicic who is in St Louis, MO. He is master luthier and is highly skilled at zither restoration and guitar making. He has refurbished two zithers of mine over the past number of years, both of which are pictured elsewhere on this Zither Forum (both a...
by DonO
Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:44 pm
Forum: Zithers and Resources
Topic: Rectangular tuning wrench
Replies: 11
Views: 15512

Re: Rectangular tuning wrench

I'm fascinated to see the makers label in your zither with address of " 5 Avenue A, corner of 1st St, New York, NY ". My immigrant great-great grandparents lived on the same block with address of " 21 Avenue A, corner of 2nd St " in the 1850s. Small World!
by DonO
Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:29 pm
Forum: Zitherists
Topic: Christmas 2020
Replies: 4
Views: 12414

Christmas 2020

Has anyone started practicing Christmas music? I got my Christmas sheets out of the box in early November and have begun going through my favs.
by DonO
Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:21 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Klaus Waldburg's left-hand thumb protection
Replies: 9
Views: 10962

Re: Klaus Waldburg's left-hand thumb protection

Rudi-

80 is the new 50! Go take on the day.