Thanks Dan, Jan L of the Wendlstoana says the dulcimers tend to be C/G instruments, while the Hackbrett is fully chromatic, all sharps and flats. Hans T of the Carl Schurz society here does have a hackbrett instruction book. King Keyes would love it, as it starts out with practicing the scales, C, t...

WOW!!!! Congratulations.

Rudi

Before and After Pictures:

The original top surface of the F. Seith was severely pitted and "scaley", and can be seen in the first two pictures. The final surface was almost mirror like, as can be seen in the last two.

Rudi

After two months of playing, both formerly problematic accompaniment strings hold their tune quite well. More surprising is the crystal clear, almost bell like, overall tonal quality of this instrument, all strings and ranges. What a gem! Construction of a case is underway. The back will be left raw...

Thanks Dan x 10^6.

Rudi

Does anyone out there have, or know of, any instructional materials for hackbrett? These would be for a young player with some German language exposure.

Rudi

Open question:

For the new music student, would it facilitate right hand and left hand coordination if the initial Darr lessons (1, 2, 4-14) were transposed to C?

Rudi

Rumor confirmed. Although the Hackbrett and Blockflötte players have been learning their instruments just since the beginning of Advent 2014, our fledgling group did the elemental Altbayrischen Tanz Arien, Breitenauer/Bauern Landler, and Staad, Staad as well as any. We arranged them to "C"...

The F. Seith zither refinished here did have two accompaniment pins (eb, bb) which did not hold the tension required for proper tuning. Somewhere on this site are suggested repairs: remove the pin and insert either (a) one strand of hair, or (b) one small wood chip. One of the shop tools used by cab...

Hello again Sepp, We were in Germany in March/April, and brought back an F. Seith, a 16 eu (+ 8 eu delivery) orphan badly in need of a new home...but has it responded. Wow! On a visit to Andreas in Miesbach, we noticed he also had a beautifully restored F. Seith, about to be re-strung. We had a wond...