a type of zither for playing chordal accompaniments by means of a series of dampers worked by keys
Origin of autoharp
from Autoharp, a former trademark from auto- + harpautoharp
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autoharp
or Au·to·harp
noun
A musical instrument resembling a zither equipped with a row of buttons, each of which damps all of the strings except those forming a desired chord.
Origin of autoharp
Originally a trademarkTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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