AUTOHARPS ~ click blue text links or thumbnails at left for more photos ~    12452 Autoharp by Oscar Schmidt, OS21C. 21 chords and sunburst finish. List price $399.00. Our price $319.00   12877 Oscar Schmidt OS-45CE autoharp This luminous cherry sunburst twenty-one bar instrument is the prettiest autoharp we've ever seen! Not only is the finish glorious, but the beautiful curly maple and spruce construction gives it extraordinary sonic definition. It's also factory equipped with the Schmidt fine tuning system for convenient and extremely accurate tuning. List price $669.90. Our price $569.00   13331 Oscar Schmidt OS-110 21FHS 21-bar autoharp, beautiful flamed maple top finished with gloss cherry sunburst finish, this autoharp also has a fine-tuning tailpiece for ultra-accurate tuning. $669.90   13332 Oscar Schmidt OS-110 21 Ozark autoharp, matte sunburst finish, solid spruce back and fine-tuning tailpiece. $599.90   12567 Chromalin chorded zither (used, c. 1960s-70s) has 24 strings, 15 chords. Like the obscure ''Guitaro'', that was manufactured by Oscar Schmidt, the Chromalin is meant to be played in a guitarlike position. Because it has a resonator, and longer string length than an autoharp, it has a very full sound for strumming. This one has its original (somewhat eccentric-looking) chipboard case, too. We've retrofitted this instrument with the world's longest magnetic pickup. Rock on in a tumult of eccentricity! $525.00 We can furnish copies of The Autoharp Book, by Becky Blackley, for $19.95, plus $3.95 for Priority Mail, in the US. This is a fully indexed 256 page paperback, 8 1/2" X 11", with over 500 photographs and illustrations, including a color photograph section. Ms. Blackley's encyclopedic work is far and away the best documentation of autoharp history ever attempted! 13265 Ukelin (used, 1935) meant to be plucked, strummed, and bowed at the same time. With original carton, paperwork, instructional materials, and tuning wrench. $150.00 ACCORDIONS and CONCERTINAS ~ none in stock right now, please check back soon ~ WORLD INSTRUMENTS ~ click blue text links or thumbnails at left for more photos ~   12871 Fandur (used, c. 1960s) three stringed folk fiddle, possibly from the Caucasus mountains of the former USSR. Comes with pre-glaznost beechwood bow, which will need rehairing. Price: $200.   9443 Guitarron (Mexican folk bass). Hand-made of mahogany and Mexican mystery wood. Imported from the wilds of Mexico by our pal John Vinci. This 6-string acoustic bass has a very pleasing, round sound; no doubt the consequence of its huge vaulted body. Bass enthusiasts and world music fans take notice! Ole! $695.00     12268 Double Toomba Sitar from Radha Krishna Sharma & Co. of Calcutta (used, c. 1960s) with hardshell case. Should be an excellent professional instrument. $1,200.00   6315 Egyptian style mosaic Oud. Decorated with over 1200 pieces of inlay. A stunning instrument to see and play! Listen to your old Sandy Bull records and bond with your North African mojo! Tuned: (low to high) E A B E A D. $660.00  Percussion - we also have a variety of hand drums not listed here, please call for more information. 12665 Piccolo 4 key hardwood drum by Michael Thiele, made out of purple heart and ash. Comes with rubber tipped mallets. $148.00 13157 'Ivy' Piccolo 4 key hardwood drum made by Michael Theile of Flagstaff, Arizona. Beautifully crafted from purple heart and beechwood. $165.00 13158 Hardwood Drum 6 key major pentatonic scale pattern. Beautifully crafted from solid exotic Shedua and Padauk, comes with mallets. $260.00 13159 Hardwood drum 'The Whale' with 6 key minor pentatonic scale pattern. The beautiful exotic Padauk is accented by the humorous shape of a whale in the pattern of the keys. Comes with mallets. $260.00 13348 Hardwood drum, Geo Bones 9 note, padauk and mahogany construction, comes with mallets. $320.00 13346 Hardwood drum, Standing Wave Jumbo, canarywood and mahogany construction, 12 notes, comes with mallets. $750.00 13315 Pair of ''Cosmic Percussion'' conga drums, with heavy-duty stand. (Used, c. 1990.) Large drums with natural finish, made in Thailand. Play and believe! $200.00 12527 Bass Kalimba / toe piano (used, late 20th Century) 16''L x 12''W x 3.5''D. The soundbox features all laminate construction with 8 keys widely spaced, so you can play it with your toes. The dark stain finish has ''Calypso, Rhumba, and Ska'' painted on the sound board, and this instrument was lovingly hand crafrted in Jamaica. There is NO EVIDENCE WHATEVER that this particular instrument was owned by Bob Marley. I wish people would stop spreading these silly rumors! $66.00 Theater Lutes     12434C Lute-guitar, of post-WWII East German manufacture; 11 curly maple ribs, scalloped fingerboard, multilayer carved rosette. Freshly strung, and in lovely playing condition. Use this in your next classical theater production. Plays like a guitar. $625.00 VEENAS ~ click blue text links or thumbnails at left for more photos ~   11430 Vitchitra Veena, an ancient style of fretless instrument from the tradition of South India, showcased on recordings by the late Gopal Krishna. This example has 18 strings (11 of which are sympathetic), two toombas, lots of decoration (including carvings of a swan being pursued by a serpent) and a huge (58'' X 20'' X 19'') hardshell case. $900.00   11577 Saraswathi Veena with seven strings. Made in Chennai, India, of jackwood with a brass bridge and a magnetic pickup. Gourds and dragon head are removable for easy transportation. Comes with two padded cases. This Veena has a strong bassy tone. Formerly owned by Veena virtuosi Prabhavati Ganesh and Raja Sivamani. Dragon head is missing one of his six fangs and we will attempt dragon dentistry if requested. $1,060.00   11649C Well-travelled Saraswathi Veena from India, seven strings, highly decorated. Sounds nice; dragon head is missing three teeth. Could benefit from creative reptile dentistry. $950.00

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