Autoharp

[ aw-toh-hahrp ]

Trademark.

1. a zither having buttons that when depressed damp all strings except those to be sounded, the undamped strings being strummed to produce simple chords.

Autoharp

/ ˈɔːtəʊˌhɑːp /

noun

1. a zither-like musical instrument used in country-and-western music, equipped with button-controlled dampers that can prevent selected strings from sounding, thus allowing chords to be played. It is plucked with the fingers or a plectrum

Example Sentences

Then I remembered the little autoharp I had placed among the other things in that pile of vanished toys.

From Project Gutenberg