It might have had a decal just below the logo, which could have been a winged lion or griffin, or a nymph with a harp and attendant Cupid, like mine. The chords, starting from the "flat" or bottom end of the instrument, were C, F, Bb, G7, C7, A7, D minor, G minor, by Blackley's reckoning, or C, G7, F, C7, Bb, D minor, E7, A minor, if it was set up like my 72 7/8. The Model 72 7/8 probably had an oval "logo" label on its face, with a big "AUTOHARP" in the center, "The Zimmermann Autoharp Company" above it, and "Dolgeville, New York, U.S.A." below. J-Bear: your label is what Blackley refers to as the "4th label" of the Dolgeville series, and dates the instrument at 1898-99.
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Speaking of the Guitaro, here are Maybelle and Sara Carter, two-thirds of the original Carter Family, reuniting on the '70's Wilburn Brothers TV show Sara's playing a Guitaro, Maybelle her famous Gibson L-5, now in the Country Hall of Fame. Only drawback: the three diminished chords, which I fully intend to have replaced someday. And I have two small-builder instruments, a '70's 15-bar Autorinoharp and a Tom Morgan rosewood 15-bar model with an induced arch in the soundboard, my current fave for tone and volume. I have a Model 55 Guitaro, the weird elongated Autoharp that Schmidt put out in the '60's to capitalize on the "folk scare" - 15 bars, 24 strings. I have a '40's Schmidt Model 73 12-bar "black box," a bit of an oddity from the period when Schmidt put an extra high D string on, making 37 in all. What kind of decal does it have? Mine has a harp-carrying nymph with a little Cupid at her feet.Ĭurrently I have three Zimmermann Autoharps, a Model 2 3/4 5-bar from the original Philadelphia company, and two Dolgeville instruments, a Model 72 7/8 8-bar and a Model 6 with 6 bars and 10 "shifters" (don't ask about them).
Journeybear: you apparently have a Model 72 7/8 (honest, that's what they called it), which was introduced by the Dolgeville "Zimmermann Autoharp Co." around 1897. 'resonator guitar'" route, I'd say "chord zither" or "chorded zither." There's a "Timberharp" or some such out there, but I can't find a quick reference. I've seen "Euterpe Harp," "Autorinoharp," "Chromaharp," and, yes, "Orthey Harp." Evo Bluestein calls his instruments "Evoharps," made by McSpadden. In answer to other posts above:īertram: manufacturers of Autoharp-like instruments have used various expedients to describe their products without using the word "Autoharp." "Chord zither" is one of the more common, but usually the brand names have "-harp" somewhere in the name. Usage in the Boer War.?) You will note, however, that Oscar Schmidt continues to put "™" after "Autoharp" on its website and in its catalogs. As a consequence, for instance, Autoharp Quarterly is able to register its own mark using the word Autoharp in its generic sense, and Orthey instruments (and other manufacturers) can market their instruments as "Autoharps".Bobby, thanx for the info! I can quit capitalizing "Autoharp" in clear conscience, since it's been declared "general usage." (I think my grand-dad served under Gen. In litigation with George Orthey, it was held that Oscar Schmidt could only claim ownership of the stylized lettering of the word Autoharp, the term itself having moved into general usage.
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The USPTO registration, however, covers only a "Mark Drawing Code (5) WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS IN STYLIZED FORM" and has expired. Music Corporation, whose Oscar Schmidt division manufactures Autoharps. The word is currently claimed as a trademark by U.S. The term "Autoharp" was registered as a trademark in 1926.
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