The Autoharp is a musical
string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired
chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a
harp at all, but a
zither. The generic term for the instrument is chorded zither.
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zither with a keyboard chord making mechanism which mutes unwanted strings. Strummed or Picked.