What instrument is this?

[dan19317]

I really want to know what this is so I can buy one:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4737/mysteryinstrument3mt.jpg

[led hot chili zeppelins]

wow thats wierd is it like a mandolin or something?

[Firecracker]

wow thats wierd is it like a mandolin or something?
:lol:

[Janeway]

Is it like a little hammer dulcimer?

[Orion_Matter]

I've always wondered what a dulcimer was... They show up a lot in the Wheel of Time series of books, (it's fantasy). Just FYI.

[joshmay]

looks like a more primitive form of an autoharp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoharp)


its a zither of some sort, anyway!

[LSD]

a mandolin... cant be serious about that... :|

[maco]

I've always wondered what a dulcimer was... They show up a lot in the Wheel of Time series of books, (it's fantasy). Just FYI.
They're about 2-2.5 feet long and probably 8 inches wide. There are 4 strings. 2 of them are really close together. The body shape is sort of figure-8-ish (obviously not fully closing in the centre). They are diatonic, so you change tuning for each song. And, you play it with a feather.

[dan19317]

Definately not an autoharp, different concept. I do agree its something like a zither though.

Just FYI, the way it works is you press the keys and the little hammer things hit down and kinda keep hitting the strings for a short while. This is the instrument used in the beginning of "Leech" by Incubus on A Crow Left of the Murder.

[vote me]

wow thats wierd is it like a mandolin or something?
:lol: :smash:

[Vanhalen234]

It kinda looks like a banjo or something, 5 string I think.

[superjoe]

pretty sure its just an autoharp

[Vanhalen234]

It kinda looks like a banjo or something, 5 string I think.

...Duh

[metBANS]

I'd say some form of a dulcimer. Probably eastern european judging by the design and metal work.

[Ra']

it reminds me of a piano for some reason

[joshmay]

ITS A SNARE DRUM

[hedgefudge420]

looks like sum kinda harp that is like a piano think...and according to those other guys that is called an autoharp

[AmericanWeiner]

looks like sum kinda harp that is like a piano think...and according to those other guys that is called an autoharp

It isn't an autoharp because it doesn't have a chording arm.

It looks like a primitive piano.

[NickC]

I think its a steel pedal guitar.
(I think thats the name for it.)

[joshmay]

hahaha this thread is getting ridiculous

[Iai]

How sad is it that my first thought was 'It's Johnny Greenwood playing it'?

[joshmay]

probably about a 25.5 out of 37, on the may sadness scale.

[AmericanWeiner]

I think its a steel pedal guitar.
(I think thats the name for it.)

Actually I think its more of an African flute.

[enjoimx]

is that from an incubus dvd by any chance?

cuz if it is, i htink i can tell you what it is

[Roses_and_Ribbons]

A zither is usually plucked with a feather or hit with something... I thought it might be a psaltery but they're usually plucked with the fingers. While a dulcimer is hit with small hammers, it's usually not connected to the sound board. Because of the connected hammers I guess this mystery instrument is closer to some sort of unfretted clavichord because they hit the strings - but most clavichords have keyboards - not buttons.

It's a dulcimer clavichord typewriter mutant!

[mutant!]

mutant!
Hey!