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Zither

The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music. The strings are stretched across the length of the soundbox and the instrument does not have a neck.

Examples:

American Appalacian dulcimer
Chinese gŭzhēng[?]
Chinese hammered yãngqín[?]
French épinette[?]
German Scheitholt[?]
hammered dulcimer
Icelandic langspil[?]
japanese koto
Norwegian langeleik[?]
Swedish hummel[?]

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