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The guitar zither (also chord zither or fretless zither〔 terminology on the "guitar-zither" (patented by Menzenhauer), "chord zither" (referred guitar-zither, appeared in ''The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments'' and ''The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments''), and "chorded zither" (referred Autoharp without trademark infringement with Oscar Schmidt International). 〕〔 terminology and taxonomy of the "Fretless Zither" family instruments. 〕) is a musical instrument consisting of a sound-box with two sets of unstopped strings. One set of strings is tuned to the diatonic, chromatic, or partially chromatic scale and the other set is tuned to make the various chords in the principal key of the melody strings. First patented May 29, 1894 by Friederich Menzenhauer〔(Guitar-Zither ), Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,651, dated May 29,1894. Application filed April 20,1893, Serial No.471,147. (Ho model.), United States Patent Office〕 (1858-1937), the guitar zither came into use in the late 19th century and was widely mass-produced in the United States and in Germany by Menzenhauer and later by Oscar Schmidt Inc. The 1902 Sears catalog touted the Deweylin Harp — a type of fretless zither — as "...the wonder of the age," and "...the greatest musical instrument that has ever been placed before the public." These mandolin-guitar-zithers purported to combine three instruments for the price of one. A form of psaltery and member of the family of chordophones, the guitar zither is closely related to the Autoharp. It differs from the concert zither in not having a fretboard and from the Autoharp in not having a mechanical process for blocking chords. The name guitar zither is apparently derived from its sound, as the concert zither is more closely related to the guitar, in performance method, and in physical form, than is the guitar zither. A closely related instrument, the mandolin zither has doubled strings in unison courses producing a more mandolin-like sound. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「guitar zither」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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