What instrument is this?

dan19317 · 01-19-2006, 01:05 AM

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

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/473...trument3mt.jpg

led hot chili zeppelins · 01-19-2006, 02:05 AM

wow thats wierd is it like a mandolin or something?

Firecracker · 01-19-2006, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by led hot chili zeppelins

wow thats wierd is it like a mandolin or something?

Janeway · 01-19-2006, 02:33 PM

Is it like a little hammer dulcimer?

Orion_Matter · 01-19-2006, 09:41 PM

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*** · 01-19-2006, 09:54 PM

looks like a more primitive form of an [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoharp]autoharp[/url]

its a zither of some sort, anyway!

LSD · 01-20-2006, 12:28 AM

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

maco · 01-20-2006, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 01-20-2006, 02:53 AM

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 · 01-20-2006, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by led hot chili zeppelins

wow thats wierd is it like a mandolin or something?

Vanhalen234 · 01-20-2006, 08:45 PM

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

superjoe · 01-20-2006, 09:35 PM

pretty sure its just an autoharp

Vanhalen234 · 01-20-2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanhalen234

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

...Duh

metBANS · 01-20-2006, 11:13 PM

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

Ra' · 01-21-2006, 08:24 PM

it reminds me of a piano for some reason

***joshmay*** · 01-21-2006, 08:39 PM

ITS A SNARE DRUM

hedgefudge420 · 01-22-2006, 12:17 AM

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

~~AmericanWeiner~~ · 01-22-2006, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by hedgefudge420

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 · 01-22-2006, 02:46 PM

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

***joshmay*** · 01-22-2006, 04:41 PM

hahaha this thread is getting ridiculous

01-19-2006, 01:05 AM	#1
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01-19-2006, 09:54 PM	#6
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01-19-2006, 02:05 AM	#2
led hot chili zeppelins Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In A House, In A City, In A Country. Posts: 10	wow thats wierd is it like a mandolin or something?

01-19-2006, 02:33 PM	#4
Janeway Disorientation Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: poopsville Posts: 10,472	Is it like a little hammer dulcimer?

01-19-2006, 09:41 PM	#5
Orion_Matter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	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.

01-20-2006, 12:28 AM	#7
LSD Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 382	a mandolin... cant be serious about that... :\|

01-20-2006, 02:53 AM	#9
dan19317 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7	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.

01-20-2006, 08:45 PM	#11
Vanhalen234 I've killed people Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,801	It kinda looks like a banjo or something, 5 string I think.

01-20-2006, 09:35 PM	#12
superjoe Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Avalon, Mississippi Posts: 7,999	pretty sure its just an autoharp

01-20-2006, 11:13 PM	#14
metBANS Super Rad!!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 101	I'd say some form of a dulcimer. Probably eastern european judging by the design and metal work.

01-21-2006, 08:24 PM	#15
Ra' Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: miami, Fl Posts: 47	it reminds me of a piano for some reason

01-22-2006, 12:17 AM	#17
hedgefudge420 You tard Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 302	looks like sum kinda harp that is like a piano think...and according to those other guys that is called an autoharp

01-22-2006, 02:46 PM	#19
NickC Awesome to the max! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 220	I think its a steel pedal guitar. (I think thats the name for it.)