And now for the "Kaiser’s zither". It is a gift from mother nature. It sounds like wood, like wind, like a bubbling brook and the scent of a cosy room. It is, in every fibre of its being, a truly vivacious and wonderfully modulated musical instrument; it is so dynamic and has so much tonal colour that classical as well as folk music sounds absolutely authentic, moving and, well, simply appealing when played on it. It is, in fact, due to me that now, after a hundred years or so, more than four different kinds of contemporary zither can be seen in a zither exhibition. By the way, it is called the "Kaiser’s zither"because it is said to be a gift from the open-minded Kaiserin Sissi of Austria, who loved to sneak out to public houses in disguise to listen to zither music and celebrate with the lively country people.