Violinzither
{{Short description|Bowed zither}}
{{Infobox instrument
| name = Violinzither
| image = 5-Akkord-Violinzither.jpg
| caption = Violinzither with five sets of accompianing strings
| names = Violinharp
| hornbostel_sachs = 314.122-71
| inventors = Clemens Neuber
| developed = Early 20th century
| pitch = medium
| related = Ukelin
}}
The Violinzither or Violinharp is a string instrument of the zither family, invented in 1925 by Clemens Neuber in Klingenthal.D.R.G.M Patent No. 903152 The instrument is a cross between the fretless chord zither and a concert zither. {{Cite book |last=Mühlemann |first=Lorenz |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64136411 |title=Die griffbrettlosen Zithern : 1880 bis heute : ein europäisches Kompendium und dokumentarisches Bilderbuch |date=2005 |publisher=H.e.p. |isbn=3-7225-0012-5 |edition=1. Aufl |location=Bern |oclc=64136411}}
History
The instrument normally has eighteen melodic strings arranged in two vertical rows, with the scale alternating between rows. The instrument has a diatonic tuning in C major, with a range of two and a half octaves, from c' to f
A variant of the violin zither, the concert violin harp, was created by Max Lausmann. Many violin zithers were sold under the name "Kalliope" by the company C. A. Wunderlich.D.G.R.M Patent No. 973507 Violinzithers have been manufactured luthier C. Robert Hopf since the 1920s.{{Cite web |title=C. Robert Hopf |url=https://www.hopf-zithern.de/violinzi.htm |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.hopf-zithern.de}}
References
See also
{{Zither-instrument-stub}}{{Zithers}}