Any info on this Zither? Also strings and pickups?
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:52 pm
Hi all, from Auckland, New Zealand.
Thanks for having me
I was given this lovely zither as a gift yesterday. It belonged to the mother of the uncle of a friend, and she played it often apparently. It is over 100 hundred years old, and it was a student zither (thanks Dave Kyger).
Does anyone have any further info as to the specific model etc?
- 31 strings
- engraved on the finger board between 0 and 1st fret 'M.C.R.ANDORFF. MARKNUEKIRCHEN'S
- The sticker inside the soundhole says ' B.R .Schultz, teacher of the Zither'
- Address 32a Tottenham Street, W. (crossed out) New address - 76 Charlotte st, Fitzroy square, W.
Also, I would appreciate some advice on strings and amplification. I'm a professional guitar player, jazz trained, but I also play a lot of improvised/experimental/avant garde music. So I'm hoping to learn the zither conventionally, but also use it as a sound source, ie prepared zither (playing with objects).
Strings: I'm looking at the 'Bergfee steel red' set of strings from Schneider music. Are there any cons to these? Ie are they harder to play, will the action raise etc? And will they sound good acoustically?
Pickups Where can I source a pickup setup like the screenshot attached? there is one pickup for the accompaniment strings, and another at the end of the fretboard.
Any advice, comments, tips etc much appreciated
Kind regards,
Joel Vinsen
Thanks for having me
I was given this lovely zither as a gift yesterday. It belonged to the mother of the uncle of a friend, and she played it often apparently. It is over 100 hundred years old, and it was a student zither (thanks Dave Kyger).
Does anyone have any further info as to the specific model etc?
- 31 strings
- engraved on the finger board between 0 and 1st fret 'M.C.R.ANDORFF. MARKNUEKIRCHEN'S
- The sticker inside the soundhole says ' B.R .Schultz, teacher of the Zither'
- Address 32a Tottenham Street, W. (crossed out) New address - 76 Charlotte st, Fitzroy square, W.
Also, I would appreciate some advice on strings and amplification. I'm a professional guitar player, jazz trained, but I also play a lot of improvised/experimental/avant garde music. So I'm hoping to learn the zither conventionally, but also use it as a sound source, ie prepared zither (playing with objects).
Strings: I'm looking at the 'Bergfee steel red' set of strings from Schneider music. Are there any cons to these? Ie are they harder to play, will the action raise etc? And will they sound good acoustically?
Pickups Where can I source a pickup setup like the screenshot attached? there is one pickup for the accompaniment strings, and another at the end of the fretboard.
Any advice, comments, tips etc much appreciated
Kind regards,
Joel Vinsen