Ended Electric Autoharp with Gigbag - Oscar Schmidt

Oscar Schmidt OS21CQTR Maple Body with Rock Maple Pin Block 21 Chord Classic Electric Autoharp with Gigbag

Oscar Schmidt Autoharp OS-21 CQ TR Model# OS21CQ and includes the nylon padded Autoharp Gigbag. Harp is used and in immaculate condition.

The Oscar Schmidt Autoharp is the original, with over 100 years of history behind it. A wide variety to choose from. Oscar Schmidt is truly the original and only complete source for the Autoharp. Premium woods, quality hardware and modest prices create an ideal instrument. Each is inspected and adjusted in the USA by a skilled technician, your assurance for smooth fret ends, precision low action and resonant sound quality. Unequalled standards, easy playing comfort and tone response creates the perfect value.

The Autoharp, like the piano, is a tempered scale, so the same string are used in several chords, even when perfectly in tune in one chord may sound slightly sharp or flat in another. Over time as strings loosen, use fine tuning to tighten so it can reach its limits. The first twang of a string is higher and the tone settles in after a second. Turn the tuner to 442 and attach the clip to the middle peg.

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Whether you are an Autoharp player, a student of American folklore, or even a collector of antique musical instruments, you should find the history as well as the instrument itself unique.

21 Chords
Maple body with rock maple pin block
Quilted trans red maple top
Gloss finish

Tools
This 21- chord autoharp plays in eleven different keys. The patented chord bar configuration makes it easy to learn and to continue to play for years to come. This is one of our most popular models. Its unique quilted red top and maple body make this 'harp a customer favorite.

The pin blocks in many of the finest autoharps consist of hard rock maple for extra strength. The pin blocks are laminated rock maple pin blocks meaning they are specially coated for extra strength. The purpose of the pin block is to firmly hold the tuning pins in place where the strings are attached. The added strength of the laminated rock maple ensures that everything will stay in the right place. Multiple layers of maple laminations are cross-banded using a special high frequency, waterproof gluing process. Reversing the grain direction on each layer of lamination yields incredible strength and the high-frequency waterproof glue seals the laminations protecting the pin block from changes in the relative humidity.

The Autoharp is one of the few musical instruments that can claim to be truly American in origin. Invented in 1881 and patented in 1882, the Autoharp has had a remarkable hundred-year history. After being proclaimed “the nation’s favorite musical instrument” and then nearly fading into obscurity, the Autoharp has taken its manufactures on an endless roller coaster of ups and downs. As a nineteenth century parlor room favorite, it was finally replaced in popularity by the phonograph. The Autoharp did not die. It retreated to the mountains where it underwent a metamorphosis from a parlor instrument to a folk instrument. From there it came out into our schools to become a classroom feature, and finally has emerged as a popular instrument for the serious musician.

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Pickup DetailsLocal pickup can be picked up Sundays between 11-4 or with a personal appointment during the week.