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I would like to buy autoharp and I know for sure that I wouldn't propably use it that much. I don't have too much many to throw away so are these under $400-$500 autoharps with pickup good enough or are these just waste of money?

We’ve had good luck with any of the Oscar Schmidt offerings - I don’t play, but have bought as gifts and tuned / tested / set up. They’re pretty standard and all within your price range. If you’re not sure you wanna be the next John Denver I wouldn’t spend more.

Thanks for the info. My local guitar store did sell those (or it was secondhand) but they sold it before I was able to test it.

Rob Tyner Grande Days here we come.

That’s something you can find at an antique shop or estate sale. They will probably need some cleaning up. I have seen several over the years in the under $100 range. Maybe cheaper at a flea market? Do they still have those?

I think I saw one in good condition at Trading Musician, a local vintage and used music shop, last time I was in there.

My girlfriend has an electric one with...21 chords? It's awesome and well worth spending proper money on. oscar schmidt os45ce I think. You could certainly spend less and get a functional one, but I think that comes within the amount you said.

It goes without saying that you want one with as many chords as possible and a lot of the time with ones you find in the wild they'll have 5 chords or something like that, and a lot tend to be ruined as there's a huge amount of tension when they are strung to pitch.

Some years back we got an absolutely HUGE one via a not very good Ebay listing which had 100 chords. Zimmerman Concert Grand from the 1880s. It needed too much work in the end, so we ended up selling it to a proper nerd, but it was a thing of beauty, all incredible flame maple and adirondack spruce...

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My girlfriend has an electric one with...21 chords? It's awesome and well worth spending proper money on. oscar schmidt os45ce I think. You could certainly spend less and get a functional one, but I think that comes within the amount you said.

This could be perfect one for me. Thanks for advice.

A couple of years ago I got a decent one off Amazon for around $300 for a gift and it seemed decent enough. I suspect it was that Oscar S. brand but I can’t really remember.