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Contacted for early patents (1800's), which were not available Online in 2021
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Contacted for early patents (1800's), which were not available Online in 2021
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Musical Instrument
Autoharp
The inventor of the modern day autoharp.
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British Patent Number: 3883
“Apparatus for Teaching Music.”
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Charles F. Zimmermann. He named his invention the "autoharp"
of Germany purchase rights to K.A. Gutters chorded zither patent
British Patent No: 8888 Improvements in Stringed Musical Instruments
An online catalogue of early Autoharps from 1885 onwards.
Der Zeitschrift Fur Instrument
(Journal of instrument construction)
US Patent No: US445978A - MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
British Patent No: GB17,541 - Improvements relating to Zithers
British Patent No: GB12,362 - Provisional Specification, in Stringed Instruments
British Patent No: GB12,359
“A Devise for Striking Gongs Strings...”
William Washington Batchelder & Joseph Richardson Green, Boston USA
Alfred Dolge, of New York USA. “Improvements zithers & similar instruments”
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US Trademark No: 22339
Charles F. Zimmermann
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A. Govan and J. Worton of Lanarkshire, Scotland. “Improvements to Auto-harps”
Ira A. Salmon of Boston Massachusetts. “Autoharp”
Julius Trangot Muller, Dresden, Germany. "Improvements in or relating to Zithers"
E. Glaesel, Markneukirchen, Germany. “Improved Chromatic Zither...”
Father of guitar-zither in US. Parter Menzenhauer Guitar-Zither Co
Menzenhauer & Schmidit Co -
"A New improved Guitar-Zither"
1897–1939
by Charles Robinson (13th Dec2018)
John J. Joyce, of Dolgeville, NY, USA, assignor to the C.F. Zimmermann, Company.
T. Roth and J.J. Joyce, Dolgeville, NY, USA, assignor to C.F. Zimmermann, Company.
Music Industry Magazine
1880 - 1933, 1940-1954
14 Jan 1899 p.18 (Vol 28 No2)
Full page advertisement
F.G. McPherson Of Pennsylvania, USA, assignor to the C.F. Zimmermann, Co.
Year?? 28 Feb p.19
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1899 29 July p.21 (Vol 29 No5)
Menzenhauer & Schmidt Advance.
12 May 1900 p.27 (Vol 30 No19)
Oscar Schmidt Now Sole Owner
21 July 1900 p.27 (Vol 31 No3)
Great European Demand
1 Dec 1900 p.44 (Vol 31 No22)
Advertisement
Oscar Schmidit, .
Berlin Germany
Oscar Schmidit,
Berlin Germany
1 August 1903 p.38.(Vol 37 No05)
Tireless inventor Oscar Schmidit
26 March 1904 p.36. (Vol 38 No13)
Menzenhauer "Drew Check on shirt front"
US Trademark No:227,835
International Music Co, Oscar Schmidit
The Autoharp Book
By Becky Blackley
The True History of the Autoharp
by Ivan Stiles
US Trademark No: 22339
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US Trademark No:227,835
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Article—first published in ‘Autoharp Quarterly’ and in ‘Autoharp Notes’ by Nadine White
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