Just last year, he created a zither with bungee cords from the hardware store. Zithers are German in origin, though some of the earliest zither-like instruments date back to 400 BCE China.

Zithers are German in origin, though some of the earliest zither-like instruments date back to 400 BCE China. The laser cut version [Nicolas] created had five strings to hammer on, ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China Reading Time: 3 minutes Why you can trust SCMP ...

Award-winning performer-composer-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ’s Stanford Live “Harps of Asia” concerts with three renowned Asian zither masters this week represent the culmination ...

What began more than a decade ago as research into a traditional German stringed instrument has turned Davenport into one of this country’s zither centers.

The next, he might be doing research on the rudra vīnā (a zither-like instrument from northern India) or 20th-century Irish harp making, or working with a colleague from a different department.

For most of British history, Englishmen have been able to take zither music—or leave it to the Tyrolese. Last week, nonetheless, the humble, lap-sized stringed instrument was the musical rage ...

By age 25, he had accumulated a modest collection of instruments: two violins, a cello, a guitar and a harp-like instrument called a "zippy zither." He loved them all dearly.

The famous sound of the theme from The Third Man. The earliest surviving zither-like instrument is the Chinese guqin, dating from 433 BC. Musical saw ...

NYC’s abazaba (until recently fka Snacky) are a unique group, featuring Sam Day Harmet, Erica Mancini, Quince Marcum, and Steve La Rosa who all play electric taishōgotos — a Japanese zither ...