As the clock struck two in the Marlboro, Vermont, town meetinghouse, a crowd began to gather for an afternoon concert. Soon, the austere interior of that 19th-century landmark, flooded with light from ...

Zither harp-type instruments go all over Europe. The concert zither, which this is, is more of a Northern European, especially a German instrument. You play it on a table top. It lays flat. Your left ...

On October 8, 1828, Missouri’s acclaimed zither maker, Franz Schwarzer, was born in Austria. Schwarzer was trained as a wood carver and architect. While still in Austria, he developed an interest in ...

As the clock struck two in the Marlboro, Vermont, town meetinghouse, a crowd began to gather for an afternoon concert. Soon, the austere interior of that 19th-century landmark, flooded with light from ...