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Why Is It Called An Autoharp?

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Why Is It Called An Autoharp? A German immigrant in Philadelphia by the name of Charles F. Zimmermann was awarded US patent 257808 in 1882 for a design for a musical instrument that included mechanisms for muting certain strings during play. He named his invention the “autoharp”. Is there another name for an autoharp? An

What Is Another Name For Autoharp?

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What Is Another Name For Autoharp? Autoharp, German Akkordzither, Akkordzither also called Volkszither, stringed instrument of the zither family popular for accompaniment in folk music and country and western music. Is an autoharp a harp? The Autoharp is a musical stringed instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute