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Nice save! Never saw a fret of the hole before. Noticing the date on the post, have you done anything to restore it? Did I miss more recent photos somewhere?
Dick, you can be proud of the "Zither" (or shall I say Hummel?
Yeah, the two pictures are pretty funny when side by side. ;D
The expression was 'cause I was trying to get my wife to focus the camera...And Wilfried is looking proud of the job he did on that hummel. Who wouldn't be?I'm not proud of this zitter, in that I've never done anything to it, except maybe rescue it from oblivion. On the other hand, I haven't routed it out for Schallers, either. Could be worse."Ugliest zitter" is to contrast with "prettiest hummel." Since there's not all that much to contrast between me and Wilfried. And I'm into irony.Dick
'Ugliest zitter in America'? Would that explain your unhappy expression, as compared to Wilfried's decidedly contented visage whilst holding his most beautiful Hummel?Hey Dick- maybe if you call it a hummel instead of a zitter it'll get prettier! LOL ;D
It was a junk shop find about 40 years ago; the dealer got it from a picker, who had found it in a shed behind a house in Celina TN. It was probably made by the same person who made LAS A33, that being James Carrol Garrett, who lived near Subtle, KY and was born in the 1830s. I had it before Allen Smith wrote his Catalogue; but he only described two of my instruments, that he had seen in print -- not this one.
Awww not the ugliest instrument I ever saw. Surely with some TLC it can be improved? Do you know anything about it or was it a junk shop find?
Possibly the ugliest zitter in America, found in Celina, Tennessee. It has a one and a half tone gap between the place for a nut and the first fret -- and eight strings -- like that pretty one from Langeness (now in Flensburg) that Wilfried posted.