The Autoharp
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The Autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp at all, but a zither. The generic term for the instrument is chorded zither.
Some notable professional performers include:
- Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
- Jeff Lynne
- Marc Gunn
- John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful
- Roger Penney of Bermuda Triangle Band
- Bryan Bowers
- Jim Lind
- Kilby Snow
- Mike Seeger
- Peggy Seeger
- Billy Connolly
- Harvey Reid
- Pop Stoneman
- Lyle Mays
- Kenneth and Neriah Benfield
- Karen Mueller
- Carol Stober
- Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues
- Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear (band)
- June Carter Cash
- Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu
- Natasha Khan and Ginger Lee of Bat for Lashes
- PJ Harvey
- Basia Bulat
- Sara Carter
- John McCutcheon
- Michael Hayes
- Mike Fenton
- Maybelle Carter
- Stephen Hawking
- Tommy Shaw of Styx
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