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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 28 Feb 2018 12:20 pm |
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Has anyone ever heard of an instrument called a Dither?
I was just watching an old episode of "To Tell The Truth", and the truthful person demonstrated playing a Dither. She definitely said "Dither", not "Zither". It looked like a multineck (4 or 5 necks) steel guitar. Every neck was strung to a different chord and strummed, no picking or fingering. When the song changed chords, she just strummed a different neck. It's in the range of an autoharp. Maybe 8 - 10 strings per neck. Could not find anything using Google.
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Don R Brown
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Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2018 5:59 pm
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I think this guy owns the company.....
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 28 Feb 2018 6:21 pm
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| I think this guy owns the company..... |
Him and his wife, Cora..
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Mar 2018 9:53 am
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Was it acoustic or electrified?
Did it have fretboards or markers?
Did it look like this...
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Paul Arntson
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Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2018 1:03 pm
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Cool. I thought this thread was going to be yet another discussion about inaudible digital sound artifacts.
This website might have some info. It's very entertaining at least.
http://www.minermusic.com/inst_list.htm
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 1 Mar 2018 1:07 pm
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Was it acoustic or electrified?
Did it have fretboards or markers?
Did it look like this...
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Exactly. Her's wasn't as elaborate. I believe it had fret markers, but not positive. She never fingered on the fretboard though. It was acoustic.
Thanks Donny.
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 1 Mar 2018 2:58 pm
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I've run across those in antique shops over the years.
There is a similar instrument that has another single string and a steel bar mounted on an arm. The idea was to play the melody on the single string, like a steel guitar, and strum the corresponding chords on the other strings.
I think the instrument was called a tremoloa.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 1 Mar 2018 5:55 pm
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There is a similar instrument that has another single string and a steel bar mounted on an arm. The idea was to play the melody on the single string, like a steel guitar, and strum the corresponding chords on the other strings.
I think the instrument was called a tremoloa. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Mar 2018 7:51 am
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| Richard, the instrument I pictured is called a "Harpeleik", a type of fretless zither that was used in Sweden in the late 18th and early 19th century. |
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