Definitions for "Autoharp"
A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.
A stringed instrument which is played by pressing a combination of keys while tapping strings to create noise often intended to entertain elementary school students.
The Autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp at all, but a zither. The generic term for the instrument is chorded zither.