Zither tuning

[LeAnn]

I haven't found our autoharps to be that hard...must have been an old  
one that hadn't been tuned for many years!  I suppose pianos can be  
like that, too...

Happy New Year,

LeAnn

On Dec 28, 2007, at 6:44 PM, David Boyce wrote:

> I vaguely recall tuning a Zither many years ago, but it was a bit  
> old and beat-up.  In more recent times, I was asked by a piano  
> customer to tune her Autoharp. She had the instructions, and the  
> little lever, intended for self-tuning by the owner.  I have to say,  
> I think the average owner would find it EXTREMELY difficult to  
> achieve a decent tuning on an Autoharp, that model anyway.  I found  
> manipulating the lever very difficult, calling for great reserves of  
> precision control along with strength.
>
> Best,
>
> David.
>