autoharp.“It’s really hard to sell a $10 million production on a recording of an autoharp song with a dryer background,” he said. “But that’s what we did.”

 

“My favorite was a recording she made on her phone, in the beauty parlor, with her head in the dryer,” he said. (Lauper was often multitasking.) Her autoharp competed with the salon noise. “It’s really hard to sell a $10 million production on a recording of an autoharp song with a dryer background,” he said. “But that’s what we did.” Lauper won the Tony for best score, the first woman to win alone.

autoharp自動豎琴是和弦古箏家族中的一種樂器。它具有一系列與減震器相連的和弦桿，按下後可使除形成所需和弦的弦外的所有弦靜音。儘管autoharp一詞曾經是Oscar Schmidt公司的商標，但無論製造商如何，該術語通俗地用於任何手持式，弦式琴架。