I discovered the zither back around 1981 through a chance late night TV screening of the film, "The Third Man". I was completely mesmerized by that film score from the fantastic opening credits until the end. Anton Karas is my zither hero. Since that day I have been on the look out for other recorded zither artists and I came upon Ruth Welcome Capital LP's at 1980's garage sales I attended. She has an interesting sound and I have often wondered if there was a magnetic pickup installed on her zither for recording purposes. Does anyone have details on her recording sessions. I have an elderly freind in his late 80's who remembers seeing Ruth perform live in a New York City cafe in the 1950's.
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