Edgar Stahmer (1911–1996) was a German music educator, most known for popularising the

bowed psaltery The bowed psaltery is a type of psaltery or zither that is played with a bow (music), bow. In contrast with the centuries-old plucked psaltery, the bowed psaltery appears to be a 20th-century invention. History Violin zither In 1925, a German p ...

(), which he developed in the 1930s for music education in German schools. The instrument had earlier been patented by Clemens Neuber in 1925.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stahmer, Edgar German music educators German luthiers 1911 births 1996 deaths