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therefore appear to be moot. Nevertheless, overriding significance has been ascribed to the characteristic wing-shaped profile when dating the advent of the modern autoharp. It is generally accepted that Zimmermann had begun producing small-style autoharps by 1885 but no exact date has been determined. Gütter's variant is first described in the complete specification of his British patent, dated March 11 of that year. The ascription of clear priority to Gütter is based on the conflation of the 1884 date assigned to the patent upon its initial

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