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1. ZIMMERMAN ANTIQUE AUTOHARP VALUE 1893 MODEL SERIAL NUMBER
2. ZIMMERMAN ANTIQUE AUTOHARP VALUE 1893 MODEL FULL

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So at this moment we can assume that at least thirty of theseĮxtravagant tabletop fretless zithers were produced, which is a pretty Oregon Benton County Museum and another in a private collection Numbers of the remaining three, which include Gryphon’s, one in the As it is normally hidden from view, we don’t (yet) know the

ZIMMERMAN ANTIQUE AUTOHARP VALUE 1893 MODEL SERIAL NUMBER

Once disassembled, its serial number was revealed: Number 30. Restored, including custom fabrication of some of the missing pieces. Meanwhile, all the mechanics were cleaned and Imagine my poor baby audibly creaking and groaning under Pete’s Top was touching the back!) and drawing together the three or four Year in its own private sauna – a humidity tent designed to optimizeĬonditions for straightening the soundboard (which was so warped, the

ZIMMERMAN ANTIQUE AUTOHARP VALUE 1893 MODEL FULL

Including mine, he has now restored half of them! He had completed Wolkomer’s (serial #17) in May, 2013 and thatįirst eBay specimen in January, 2011 (serial #6, for a privateĢ014 he began the two-plus year project of salvaging mine, successfullyĪfter complete disassembly, the box spent a full Knew of all the known surviving Concert Grands out there – of which Unsurprisingly (much like me with harp guitars), he A builder and restorer of Autoharps (and the occasionalĭolceola), he also publishes the Autoharp Quarterly and so is smack dab – able and willing to take on the project. (At the time, I assumed this was the previous eBay instrument, Wolkomer demonstrating and discussing the history of his own concertĪutoharp that had been restored by Pete. I next discovered a YouTube video by a fellow named Michael Zithers with one Cathy Beyer, who referred me to Peter d”Aigle. I had recently been in contact about fretless Thrilled with this “basket case.” Still, could its The auction and watching it unfold, so I was surprised when I got it forĪrrived in August, 2014, having expected the worse, I was more than Would learn later that the Autoharp community was (naturally) aware of Gain – at best – nothing but an overpriced wall-hanger. These mythic beasts, I put in a healthy bid anyway, fully expecting to Some soul-searching and researching the provenance – and rarity – of Had a bit of cash on hand now the problem was that the condition of the Limb for what was clearly something I might never see again.Īnd then several years later another showed up on Since then, I often kicked myself for not going further out on a Underbidder (it went for over two grand). It looked to be in decent condition and so despite havingĮssentially zero funds I put in a healthy bid, only to find myself the Silently added it to my fantasy world “Miner Museum Wish List.”Ī couple decades later and my lust all butįorgotten, one of these Holy Grails showed up on eBay. I had no idea if I’d ever see another of these in my life, but Shaking my head in wonder and moving on (I was there to buy the mando-bass I stared at it up on the wall for some time, before “Concert Grand Autoharp” (aka “concert Autoharp” - both names When I first visited Gryphon in the 1980’s I made Hanging on the wall of Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto sinceīefore 1983 (it had been in Jon Lundberg’s shop before that). It contained a photo of the beautiful specimen that has been I first learned of this incredible example ofĪmerican plucked string musical instrument history in Betty Blackley’sġ983 book The Autoharp.