This zither was once owned by a member of the Baltimore Zither Club. It had been unplayed and in storage for decades. The maker is Johann Jobst, an early zither maker in Graz, Austria. As well as being a zither maker, he was an innovator and is credited with introducing the "luft resonance"...

A play day for a zitherist usually entails packing a zither, music stand, table and bundles of sheet music which, when added together, can be quite cumbersome. Franz Waldecker, an early zither player and business owner in Washington, D.C., realized this and sought a simpler solution. His patented zi...