Re: I am having Zimmermann Autoharp problems, perhaps you can hel
Just some observations from a "casual dabbler" ...
Compare to more modern (if that term can be applied!) autoharps that can have 15 or 21 chord bars and that can play in maybe four or five major keys plus some minors (not actually looking at one right now), these seem to be a lot more limited.
- The second one has only seven notes (plus octaves), one of them being F#. With the three chord bars that it appears to have space for, it seems designed to play only in the key of G major, the chords being G, C, and D, or optionally D7.
- "The Favorite" has all the notes of the C scale plus A#. Considering that A# is also Bb, this should allow it to play in the keys of C major and F major, assuming that four chord bars were set for C, F, G, and Bb.
That's my 2 cents! Any comment from folks who actually know these things??
PS: I'd loosen the string tension on "The Favorite" before it pulls itself apart any further. And I definitely would've spent $15 each on them!
- Ed
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