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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[?]