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Re: [OM] IMG: Harry Lime!

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Harry Lime!
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 06:51:14 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>This zither belonged to Anton Karas, the Viennese zither player who 
>wrote the music for "The Third Man," including the famous 'Harry Lime 
>Theme.'  It's not the actual instrument played in the film, but I'm sure 
>that Harry's theme was played on it many times.  Please, no jokes about 
>cuckoo clocks.
><https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35638309192/in/dateposted-public/>
>
>The zither was in a very dark corner of a small, badly-lit room just 
>outside the main collection.
>
>This was taken in the Kunsthistoriches Museum Wien's collection of 
>musical instruments, which has instruments dating from medieval times to 
>the near-present.  Blessedly, they allow photography as long as you 
>don't use flash or tripod.  I spent several hours there over two days 
>photographing everything I could, with special emphasis on the 
>woodwinds, and of course, bassoons.
>

     How odd.  I just picked up a set of DVDs of that TV show starring Michael 
Rennie at a thrift store.  I was only familiar with the movie starring Orson 
Welles until I came across those.

     Your photo came out nicely despite the poor conditions.

Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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