Zim’belstern (Ger.)

A sort of toy-stop in some old organs, consisting of a star hung with little bells, placed conspicuously in front of the organ, and caused to sound by a current of air controlled by a draw-stop. are plucked by the fore-, middle, and ring-fingers of the right hand, the little finger resting behind the bridge to steady the hand. They are of gut, or covered silk, variously colored to guide the player's eye and Sngers. ‘The 3 ordinary sizes of zither are the Treble Zither (Prim! sither), Concert-Lither, and Elegi¢-Zither (aiso called Alt-ot Lieder sit her, and tuned a fourth below the Prim and Concert zither)— 2. (Streich’sither, i.e. Bow-sither.) The earlier bow-zithers were heart shaped; of the newer ones, the Vio/a Zither "has the form of a viola, while the PAiloméle has a more pointed body and shallower bouts; they are varieties of the viol, with short neck,