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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 254928, member: 55&quot;]This is a zither, but not an autoharp.</p><p>An autoharp has felted bars going <u>across</u> the strings, which mute the notes that are not part of each chord.&nbsp; Technically the term autoharp was trademarked by the Oscar Schmidt company and their successors, though the use of the name has been the source of conflicting lawsuits and out-of-court settlements.&nbsp; (An autoharp is a specific type of zither)</p><p>This is a zither, but there were hundreds of types of zithers at the turn of the last century.&nbsp;&nbsp; This particular type has a fretboard along one side, like a mandolin or guitar fretboard, and she is fretting the melody on that fretboard with her left hand.&nbsp; The other strings are grouped to produce a variety of chords.</p><p>This is the type of zither used to play the &quot;Third Man&quot; theme;</p><p>the photo and video below show Anton Karas playing the theme on such a zither.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]79055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]JRJTn87CtPM[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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