>
>This zither belonged to Anton Karas, the Viennese zither player who
>wrote the music for "The Third Man," including the famous 'Harry Lime
>Theme.' It's not the actual instrument played in the film, but I'm sure
>that Harry's theme was played on it many times. Please, no jokes about
>cuckoo clocks.
><https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35638309192/in/dateposted-public/>
>
>The zither was in a very dark corner of a small, badly-lit room just
>outside the main collection.
>
>This was taken in the Kunsthistoriches Museum Wien's collection of
>musical instruments, which has instruments dating from medieval times to
>the near-present. Blessedly, they allow photography as long as you
>don't use flash or tripod. I spent several hours there over two days
>photographing everything I could, with special emphasis on the
>woodwinds, and of course, bassoons.
>
How odd. I just picked up a set of DVDs of that TV show starring Michael
Rennie at a thrift store. I was only familiar with the movie starring Orson
Welles until I came across those.
Your photo came out nicely despite the poor conditions.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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