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Guitaret
Sign in to saveThe Guitaret is an electric lamellophone made by Hohner and invented by Ernst Zacharias, in 1963. Zacharias also invented similar instruments like the Pianet, Cembalet and the Clavinet.
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- lamellophone
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- Hohner guitaret.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1963-00-00
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- Hohner Guitaret
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The Guitaret is an electric lamellophone made by Hohner and invented by Ernst Zacharias, in 1963. Zacharias also invented similar instruments like the Pianet, Cembalet and the Clavinet.
The instrument itself was not popular, and was dropped from the product line in 1965, presumably because it failed to excite the market. It was one of a number of experiments that Zacharias made converting non-standard musical instruments to modern ones. Guitarets that have survived have problems with the reed dampening system, which means that the instrument has come to be played with two hands.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guitaret” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.