Zither banjo's
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:25 am
Any fans of the old Zither banjo's?
I only recently got into banjo's....to be honest I always liked them but never owned any and even tried to.
I was given an old Windsor Zither which dated from around 1900 and it was in a shocking state. I spent months restoring it and it is now a superb instrument and sounds incredible. I then came across a number of cheap Zithers from E-bay auctions. All needing a fair amount of work and got stuck into restoring those. I recently found a couple of fretless, nylon strung models from the 1800's which I have restored....5 string and a rarer 6 string. Considering their age, they scrubbed up really well and are both now working great.
Just have to learn to play them properly!
I only recently got into banjo's....to be honest I always liked them but never owned any and even tried to.
I was given an old Windsor Zither which dated from around 1900 and it was in a shocking state. I spent months restoring it and it is now a superb instrument and sounds incredible. I then came across a number of cheap Zithers from E-bay auctions. All needing a fair amount of work and got stuck into restoring those. I recently found a couple of fretless, nylon strung models from the 1800's which I have restored....5 string and a rarer 6 string. Considering their age, they scrubbed up really well and are both now working great.
Just have to learn to play them properly!