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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AUTOHARP

AUTOHARP Au "to *harp, n. [Auto- + harp. ]

 

Defn: A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

autoharp

au to harp |ˈôtōˌhärp ˈɔdəhɑrp | ▶noun trademark a kind of zither with a mechanical device that allows the playing of a chord by damping all the other strings.

 

Oxford Dictionary

autoharp

auto |harp |ˈɔːtə (ʊ )hɑːp | ▶noun a kind of zither fitted with a series of sprung and padded bars which allow the playing of chords by damping selected strings.