What is an Autoharp? (and what it ISN'T) 

A concise course on the core concepts of Chorded chordophones.

Where in the world were you 20 years ago when I bought my Autoharp ????😁😁😁😁 THANK YOU so very much for sharing your knowledge!!!! It is APPRECIATED sooooo much!!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶 From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

I'm so happy I found this channel. I love the sound of the autoharp. But I'm an appreciative spectator rather than a performer. This is a great intro for me to understand this beautiful instrument.

This is an incredibly informative video, I may put this whole series on while I'm working on my art so I can absorb more knowledge. I recently actually had the opportunity to purchase a bowed psaltery on the cheap, which I turned down, a choice I regret. I'm now looking at a vintage autoharp for sale on Craigslist and trying to figure out if I want to go for it or not (and wondering if the guy with the psaltery will pop up again). I love browsing the musical instruments for sale section of the site, even if it is mostly guitars and amps, you sometimes bump into more unusual stuff and trying to figure out what some of those instruments are is what brought me here, to this video!

Very interesting! I look forward to the coming Weeks' videos.

This is so cool! Can't wait for further videos to see more autoharp cousins. Love hearing about the history behind this awesome instrument :)

Thanks for this video. I learned so much and want to nerd out more about historical instruments 🤩

Very good, as always... we keep learning things everytime

Thank you.. Great video on the history of these insturments.

so much information in 13 minutes

Thanks for this helpful perspective on music making in our modern, industrial society. I am sharing it with friends who have no interest in autoharp.

Nice job of playing simple gifts on the bowed psaltery.

So helpful! Thank you. Why anyone disliked this video is beyond me. New sub :).

And I like your new hair style.

Hi Hal, you’re welcome to include Running with Zithers in any of you future videos on chord zithers 🎵

That first one is the type I recently bought

Hi Hal, Do you perform any autoharp repairs?

Are we going to let accordions be chordo-phones? The child of a chordo-phone and an aerophone?

Percussion instruments go back further than all the other classes combined.