You’ve seen them at flea markets: many-stringed, play-by-number, with decorative decals and creative playing mechanisms. Mass manufacture spawned an outpouring of musical invention. The many resulting instruments, some ridiculous, some sublime, and all marketed as the ultimate in DIY music-making, were sold door-to-door and in popular catalogs. Explore the whimsical world of vintage fretless zithers with Katherine Rhoda in her presentation/performance Marxophone & Beyond. Hear the Marxophone, tremoloa, ukelin, violin-guitar, Apollo harp, dolceola, Phonoharp No.1, Harp-O-Chord, and more.Suggested donation: $5.00
