Met a lady named Jo Brennan a few years back at an old time country reunion jamboree. Getting along, I believe she was in her mid-seventies at the time. She played autoharp, but I've never seen her style before or since. She had it flat against her abdomen with the treble side resting on her thigh. She used her left hand to work the chord bar and her right to strum and pick BELOW the bar - in other words what's normally considered the bottom of the instrument. Told me she never used the more modern 21-chord models. The older, or just simpler 9-chord ones worked better for her 'cause the 21's didn't have enough room for her to pick.

Amazing player, by the way. Anyone who can fingerpick the melody to "GhostRiders in the Sky" with chords that way is mighty impressive.