Vintage Guitaro by Airline 1960's Brown w. Tuner, Book & Hard Case

Vintage 1960’s Guitaro by Airline w/Tuner, Book and Hard Case

This truly unique instrument is an extension of the Auto Harp and was developed in the 1960s. It has 24 strings all of which are currently intact. It does tune with a piano-like tuning tool. This instrument is 28 inches long, 12 inches wide at its bottom and 8 inches wide at its top. It also comes in a large black carrying case and a music book. Oscar Schmidt-International, Inc. manufactured the Guitaro in the mid-1960s through the early 70s to take advantage of the guitar's popularity in the of that era. This has a soundhole in front without a resonator.

Due to Guitaro's long body; its 24 strings are necessarily longer than the 36 strings found on Oscar Schmidt-International's chromatic autoharps. Guitaro's resulting lower tones render it suitable for accompaniment, although playing melody with the help of its 15 chord bars may also be possible. Like the autoharp, either or a may be used to play Guitaro.

This is a previously owned Guitaro and we are not the original owners of it, so we do not know its history. It is in great functioning condition for its age; the wood does have some scuffs around the edges and there is some discoloration on the back of it. It has great strings on it and it plays very nicely with Great smooth sound to it. The case has some of the black material on the outside peeling off and the inside does have some discoloration.