Scheitholt - Wikipedia
The scheitholt or scheitholz is a traditional German stringed instrument and an ancestor of the modern zither. It falls into the category of drone zithers. The scheitholt may have derived from an ancient Greek instrument for theoretical education in music and physics, the so-called monochord (an oblong wooden box with only one string).
The Scheitholt: An Early Pennsylvania German Instrument
2015年5月19日 · The scheitholt is a German folk instrument first mentioned in the 1619 book Syntagma Musicum II by the German composer Michael Praetorius. In this work, Praetorius reveals that the scheitholt of that time was around 42 inches long, had four strings, and used frets that were unevenly spaced along a soundboard.
Making the Scheitholt (a medieval musical instrument) - Washuu
The scheitholt is a self-sufficient, quiet little instrument – nothing to take to parties, but excellent for meditation. It can be tuned like a bagpipe, and most pipe music sounds good on it – yet it sounds nothing like a bagpipe.
German Scheitholt Zither - Smithsonian Institution
This German Scheitholt type zither was made by an unknown maker in Pennsylvania, undetermined date. It has a trapezoidal-shaped body, with a wood nut and bridge, 17 metal frets, 3 round sound holes, 3 cotter pins (most-likely replacements, but function well enough to tune the instrument), and rounded head.
Scheitholt | musical instrument | Britannica
…zithers, such as the Alpine Scheitholt, have narrow rectangular sound boxes and fewer melody strings, their three or more bass strings providing merely a dronelike accompaniment on the tonic and dominant (first and fifth notes of the scale). Their age is unknown; the Scheitholt was described by the German composer… Read More
Scheitholt - Instruments of Antiquity
This instrument, known regionally as Zitter, Zither, Scheitholt, Langeleik, Langspil, Hummel and Epinette des Vosges among others, differed by fret patterns, number of strings, and general body shapes.
The Village Carpenter: Scheitholt - Blogger
2008年10月16日 · I was intrigued by folksy musical instruments, called Scheitholts (also Zither or Zitter). The Germans who settled in Pennsylvania and other parts of Colonial America in the early to mid-1700s brought the zither, or at least the idea of the instrument, with them. The ones on display in the museum’s current exhibit "Everyday Rhythms" are 19th c.
The Zithers of the Pennsylvania Germans | Zither US
The scheitholt, whose form is the predecessor to the modern alpine zither, was constructed and played in the US by early German immigrants in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1923, Dr. Henry Mercer presented his research of numerous zithers, then museum pieces, to members of the Bucks Country Historical Society.
German Scheitholt Zither - National Museum of American History
This German Scheitholt type zither was made by an unknown maker, possibly in Licking County, Ohio, undetermined date. It has a trapezoidal shaped body made of walnut, with poplar end blocks, metal nut and bridge, probably three strings (two melody and one drone, altered from its original form), 15 metal frets, 2 f-shaped sound holes, and ...
Scheitholt on Vimeo
This is a video about the Scheitholt, a German instrument which evolved after entering the colonies and passing into the hands of other immigrant groups. Shot and…