The hammered dulcimer in Switzerland

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The following photo gallery complements the article by Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser Dulcimer in Switzerlandwho is in the Swiss Music Newspaper 5/2014 was published.

The pictures come from Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser's archive, which she has built up over 40 years of research. The images may not be copied. Anyone interested in individual illustrations should contact the owners of the pictures directly or contact contact@musikzeitung.ch turn.

Picture 1

Photo: Badri Redha © Open-Air Museum Ballenberg

Appenzell dulcimer

built by Johann Fuchs, Appenzell, 1990

Picture 1A

Photo: Badri Redha © Open-Air Museum Ballenberg

Accessories for the Appenzell dulcimer

from left to right: small bridge, leather-covered mallets on one side, wire for stringing, tuning tools

Picture 2

Photo from: Amadé Salzmann, "The hammered dulcimer in Valais", Visp 1988

Valais dulcimer

built by Edelbert Imhof. The stops (bars) on both sides allow the fundamental tone of a string chorus to be raised by a semitone.

Picture 3

Photo: Archive Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser

Mooskirchen string music

Hackbrettmusi from Styria (Austria). The instrumentation corresponds to the Appenzell string music.

Picture 4

Image: © Swiss National Museum LM-6237

Coat of arms disk of the Junker Sebastian vom Stein (Canton Bern), 1504.

The hammered dulcimer was also a popular amateur instrument for distinguished ladies in the 16th century. Black solder painting, detail

Picture 5

Image: Lucerne Central Library © Property of the Lucerne Corporation

Carnival dance in Schwyz

Minstrels in traditional costume with dulcimer and shawm play for the Schreittanz on the Landmatte in Schwyz. Diebold Schilling, Lucerne Chronicle, 1513, folio 259r

Picture 6

Woodcut from: Sebastian Virdung, "Musica getutscht", Basel 1511

Dulcimer with one bridge and two bells

Picture 7

Photo: Davos Review 2013

Dulcimer from 1644 from the Davos Museum of Local History

Picture 8

Picture from: "Sammlung von Schweizer=Kühreihen und Volksliedern", Bern 1826

Vignette by Franz Niklaus König

It illustrates the instrumentation of the first notated and printed Appenzell dance: violin, hammered dulcimer and bass.

Picture 9

Picture: Art Museum St. Gallen

Gottlieb Emil Rittmeyer, Stubete on Alp Sol, 1865

Oil on canvas, 114 x 142 cm, location Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, acquired by the Kunstverein St.Gallen in 1865. The parasol protects against the detuning of the dulcimer strings.

Picture 10

Photo: Center for Appenzell Folk Music

Four Appenzell string musicians

The original instrumentation of violin, dulcimer and bass from the early 19th century developed into a quartet with the addition of a second violin. The founders of Streichmusik Alder. From left to right. Johann Jakob Hug, Ulrich and Johannes Alder, Johann Jakob Keller. Photo around 1880, Adolf Müller, Herisau

Picture 11

Photo: Center for Appenzell Folk Music

Original Appenzell string music with two violins, violoncello, bass and dulcimer

Streichmusik Alder, at the Gasthaus Sonne in Urnäsch (on the Säntis), ca. 1936: Jakob Weiss jun. (bass), Jakob Alder, Widebach (1888-1956, cello), Johannes Alder (2nd violin), Jakob Alder (1st violin), Emil Zimmermann (dulcimer)

Picture 12

Hackbrett-Fraueli (Anna Bühlmann-Schlunegger, 1811-1897) in Grindelwald. Around 1900, women played the dulcimer for money at the entrance to the Lütschinen Gorge and the Upper Grindelwald Glacier. 

Picture: Archive Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser

Picture 13

Photo: Archive Johannes Fuchs

Cimbalom World Association in Appenzell, 2001

Picture 14

Photo: Archive Johannes Fuchs

China meets Appenzell

Concert in Appenzell 2008 with Liu Yuening and Johannes Fuchs

Picture 15

The title page of the popular dulcimer booklet shows a solo dulcimer player.

Picture: Archive Brigitte Bachman-Geiser

Picture 16

In the open air, the string music is played by hand harmonica instead of the second violin and cello. Photographer: Emil Grubenmann

Photo: Archive Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser

Picture 17

Photo: Walter Studer © Peter Studer

Walpen Brothers

The brothers Adolph (hammered dulcimer) and Josef (saxophone) Walpen from Grengiols in the canton of Valais also played the hammered dulcimer four-handed.

Picture 18

Photo: Archive Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser

Bärnbieter Spiellüt

The ensemble plays with Christian Schwander on the hammered dulcimer.

Picture 19

Photo: Center for Appenzell Folk Music

Appenzell string music siblings Küng

This family band consists mainly of young women: from left Clarigna, Roland, Mirena, Madlaina, Laraina Küng