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The Geek2
Tue Feb 10 2009, 11:55pm Print
The Geek2
Joined: Tue Oct 09 2007, 12:20pm
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Fuck I love this instrument.

Autoharp

The auto harp is a 32 string a zither instrument, so essentially a guitar/harp hybrid. In order to create the chords (or the things that make music) you press a button, a bar comes down and silences the strings that don't belong to the chord. So you're able to just effortlessly strum across the instrument.
It has a wonderful full sound that a guitar doesn't quite have, more like a harp. But with a more rustic sound. I absolutely adore it.

Ring of Fire was originally co-written on the Auto Harp by June Carter Cash. here's a great recording of it:

[Click, Dick]

Either this is june or her sister, I'm not sure.

Anyways

I've got a really crappy autoharp that I ram away on here and there, but I'm looking to replace it with a decent one. But I've got other things Im looking to purchase, too. Argh, more string instruments of course....



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The Geek2
Wed Feb 11 2009, 02:20pm
The Geek2
Joined: Tue Oct 09 2007, 12:20pm
Posts: 742
Ive decided. I'm saving for this:

AH Pid 123

And by saving, I mean, it's on my "wish list" for my birthday
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MarchHair
Thu Feb 12 2009, 01:10am
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Joined: Thu Feb 05 2009, 06:20pm
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My Social Studies teacher from 7th grade used to play an autoharp for us as a treat. He was a wild old hippie who believed in UFOs and government conspiracies. He never told any students where he lived and would take a different route home every night in case anyone was following him. He would sing, too, and he had a good voice. When he was in a really wild mood he would entertain us by playing a recorder with his nose.
This is the kind of stuff you can't make up.
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FAH-Q
Thu Feb 12 2009, 01:24am
FAH-Q
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Tru?
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The Geek2
Sun Feb 15 2009, 10:09pm
The Geek2
Joined: Tue Oct 09 2007, 12:20pm
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must have been
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Thrash
Mon Feb 16 2009, 06:03am
Better Smokin' Than Meth!
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haha ...
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