Question: Is there a "standard" gap between the griffbrett strings and the frets? Does this change as one progresses up from the first fret? How does one measure this gap? Can one use an automotive/machinist type "feeler" gauge?? Can this string/fret gap be modified, making the i...

Oooops. The Zither Sunday for November 9 had to be cancelled because of conflicts, and will be re-scheduled.

Rudi

There will be a ZITHER SUNDAY on Sunday, November 9, 2014, at the home of Kurt Eckroth in Wales, Wisconsin, with lunch and discussion starting ~ 12:00 noon. Ludwig says one cannot buy our lunches for under $75/plate in Chicago! This one will be very simple: burgers and broccoli salad (Nueske's bacon...

Zitherists Ludwig Kalbrunner and Jeff Palinek performed at the 2014 Austrian-American Weinfest held at the Schwabenhof in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Their selections included Schneewalzer/Münchner Walzerklänge/Kufsteinlied in the first set, and Wien du Stadt meiner Traüme/Cafe Mozart/Third Man, in ...

All area zither players and interested parties are invited to a Zither Sunday on October 12, 2014, at the home of Kurt Eckroth in Wales Wisconsin. Lunch and discussions will start at about 12:00 noon, followed by the working sessions. Jeff Palenik and Ludwig Kalbrunnerwill be working out their music...

Thanks Sepp, for the push to get me moving. I have been leery, almost afraid, of re-stringing "Tante Ella" a.k.a., "Boomer". However, when one is up against an accordion and a Steirische, the zither player needs all the help available. This instrument came with several replacemen...

Better Pictures??

Regrets, but hopefully these photographs will clarify the previous discussion.

Rudi

schwarzer 10883 002 (Small) (2).jpg Guten Morgen Sepp, The Schwarzer "American Grand Harp Zither" really favors the bass. The reasons are brought forth in this forum, "Zither Makers and Models", "relative body thickness Förg vs Schwarzer 10883". Sepp, if you look for t...

Grüas di Sepp, You may want to check out "west coast zitherers" in the "General Discussion" section of this web site. As we speak, our daughter and her husband (pilot, guitarist) are in Portland to attend the wedding of his brother, who is the drummer for a popular singer and gro...

Grüas di Gott Seppl, Where did you live while here in the States? It's a small world, and would not be surprising if it were not in some zither player's back yard. "Isaria" is a flash to the river of course. My mother was from Neufahrn (very near the Isar), father from WeihanStephan by Fre...