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Definition of Autoharp
1. n. A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.
Definition of Autoharp
1. Noun. A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autoharp
1. a type of zither [n -S] - See also: zither
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autoharp
Literary usage of Autoharp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifteen Years with the Outcast by Fflorens Roberts (1912)
"MY FIRST autoharp—I FORSAKE ALL TO FOLLOW JESUS. There it lay, all covered with
dust, in that auctioneer's window in Chico. ..."
2. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"auto An improvement on the autoharp by which that instrument may be played in
... See autoharp. autoharp gious festivals, but have been obsolete since the ..."
3. The Practical Application of Economic Theories in the Factories of Alfred by Alfred Dolge (1896)
"... and the autoharp factory where the CF Zimmermann Company manufactures those
immensely popular instruments, the autoharp and harmonette. ..."
4. The Bookman (1897)
"They will look forward to the time when he drops his autoharp and resumes his lyre.
Our grandsires little suspected that the miracle play would come to this ..."
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