Monthly Archives: August 2017
Harvard, Massachusetts History: The “Brown Building”
- Posted by J W
- on Aug, 13, 2017
- in Photos
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Not alot of dramatic things happened in Harvard when I was growing up. It was a small town so we got used to small things having relatively big importance. So when they decided to raze the grade school I attended for three years, I got out my camera and shot an *entire roll* (12 exposures) […]
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Read More New Instrument in my Collection: a 110 year old Mandolin Zither
- Posted by J W
- on Aug, 12, 2017
- in Music / Bassoon
- Blog 7 Comments.

I have just finished restoring a “Mandolin Zither”! It dates from 1900 but despite its age and the interesting history behind the instrument, its not worth very much. Even so, the curious reader or woodworker might enjoy the story below: This type of instrument was actually invented by Friederich Menzenhauer a German who patented it […]
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