Before drilling holes in the instrument, you might want to consider mounting the note stand on the table, as described elsewhere on this site.

Does the instrument mounted stand affect acoustics?

rudi

Meh! probably related to a note stand, Nobody listens. The picture posted here has multiple holes in the instrument,. but a working table has holes for all kinds of staff, tuning key...note stand..etc. PLEASE, PLEASE,PLEASE, do not punch any holes into/through the structure of your zither. Build a g...

small world.

Please check your "private messages" o te header above.

rudi

This makes me sad,

A Kiendl zither will bring joy to its household for a long time, probably a century or more, if properly maintained. Has this waif has a hard life?

Please see my "Unkel Gorge" entries on this site, Meh .

rudi

Is this traditional piece still protected by German copyright laws? After searching, the versions I've found are for accordion, not zither. Would a zither arrangement be "protected"?

rudi

The website of the Rochester NY group is ALPENGRUEN.WIXSITE.COM/BVA1932

rudi

Sorry for the late reply. Start by finding a local (if possible, player, (Buffalo? Wilkes Barre? NY city? or?) a person with zither experience. Local Bavarian Trachten groups will be a starting point; The Gauverband Nord Amerika web site might be useful. I have told this anecdote several times on th...

Well, after a long hiatus, I've set aside 15-30 minutes every early morning** to "practice ". Hopefully this will continue. Hey you kids....the opportunity to practice is a LUXURY!!!! "Vogerl..." may be good choice for the student to ease into a couple of minor bass accompaniment...

WOW WHAT SYSTEM. Up here in Wisconsin, I fight to keep the relative humidity in our home up to 30%, even with a power humidifier ("April Aire ") on our hot air furnace. If I attempted to get to 50%, the Wisconsin DNR would wonder why the water level of Lake Michigan had dropped! My system ...