by the way, there is currently a schwarzer zither from melbourne florida with an a darr instruction book on sale on e-bay (u.s.) (~300 us$ jan 8, 2012).

seller has contact with the owner, who might (probably has????) other contacts or information about florida zitherists.

rudy

isn't there a translation of "von anfang an" out there somewhere? how big of a book is this? i.e. how massive of a task would it be to translate? is this a printed copy or in e-form? where are you located? years ago, our milwaukee german-american shooting club wanted to host a postal match...

hi june, your post demonstrates your enthusiasm and committment. thanks for joining us. there are no bad questions, just bad answers; none of us is as smart as all of us. first, the pearl dots. on page 3 of his "ZITHER METHOD with special regard to self-instruction", a. kabatek says "...

one problem which does occur with older zither cases is handle failure. satisfactory replacements are available. on searching "instrument case handles" on e-bay, i found "leather case handle - fits most instrument cases *new* $12.75" (plus shipping). others are available. the han...

one must wonder if there aren't a few more like these out there.

rudy

finally got the pictures of "ella's" , now peggy's, table.

hope the attachments come across.

rudy mueller

thanks dave.

the guitar on the right hand front looks like it has four additional (kontra???) strings. any comments anyone??

rudy mueller

there were 20+ adults in the photo. a good guess is that 10 copies of the photo were made. elsewhere at another section of this forum is reference to the german societies of pennsylvania and 5 zitherists. it would not be surprising if one or more of these had the same photo in a locker somewhere. an...

on re-examining the "ella" table" with a woodworker here in georgia, we conclude the inlaid squares of the "ella" table are identical to those pictured here on the schwarzer table.

rudy mueller