----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Nordberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] T > > including an original portuguese tuning machine. > > So there's conclusive evidence Böhm got the Preston tuners via Portugal > then. That's definitely an important fact. > > > Böhm from then on simplified the mechanik step by step. > > I just wish he had kept the thumbscrews. Tuning keys for Böhm > instruments are fiendishly hard to find these days. In the end I had to > get a friend to *make* one for me.
The Bohm waldzither takes a standard autoharp key, small clarsach key, the key issued by HORA for tuning lap harps and psalteries, or even easier to find, a standard No 10 German/English wind-up clock key - my local clockmaker had a drawer full and I chose the two best brass ones for a very small amount each. The waldzither is easier to tune with a big clock key! My Waldzither has the 1898 'from' date and the label mentions that Bohm is also the maker of the famous Waldoline - I think the instrument may be 1920s though. David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
