I found a zither at a thrift shop today and was absolutely enamored by it. It’s in pretty good condition aside from being horribly out of tune and missing some strings. Your video just provided me with the first step towards restoring it!

Today I replaced a string on the zither and thanks to this tutorial it went very well! Thank you so much,Bill and Liza!

My old string snapped today while tuning, this video saved my life cuz they gave me an extra string. Thanks for such an informative tutorial!!

Thank you so much for making this video. I can't believe how much I learned from this. I am looking forward to fixing my zither string tomorrow. I appreciate this so much !

Thanks so much for posting this video! My son was so sad when a string popped while he was playing and I have never changed a string out before... you saved our bacon!

Did this today with your extremely effective tutorial. Thanks Bill and Liza! I appreciate your timely delivery of my instrument. As I mentioned in my Email, I was playing my favorite tunes right out of the box.

Thank you so much for posting this video on your website! I love my lap harp that I purchased from you so much, and using the video I was able to change the highest string on my own. It took two tries, but you sent enough wire for me to still accomplish this. I so appreciate your commitment to excellence.

I'm glad you posted this. As a guitar player, this process gave me cold sweats lol

Thanks from myself as well. Your instructions are the clearest I've found, tho I do wish you had stated the wire gauge and explained which gauge where. But since the instrument I'm stringing is a second-hand purchase of another MFG. and this video was made for another individual, I am not complaining! Just wishing. Good information is so hard to find.Thank you!

Thank you. I have a Zither Heaven banjouke with zither pins and this should help with changing the strings (fortunately only 4 strings to change)

Your video is great. Very helpful. What gauge is the wire. Thanks

Can you post a video on painting one of these? I saw on your website beautifully colored ones.

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I'm replacing all the strings on a 15 string lap harp, seems to be the same size and scale as a cheap melody maker but has a beautiful oil painting on the sound board that the woman wanted preserved. That part is done but what gauges do I need? Is piano wire needed or will guitar strings do?

I have an instrument that looks similar but I have no idea what it is called nor how to fix it. It has a broken cloth bow with it too

How much would a lap harp cost? Could you send it to Canada?

As a guitarist I'm fascinated with these instruments now, but with a 15 string Zither, how do you tie off the singular string? (Mine is on the low/Long string)? Also is it more cost effective to buy the string wire in a singular length than buying lots of guitar strings (my previous attempt when repairing an old painted Zither, although the tuning peg still undoes itself when under tension at the moment) ? what instrument string should I search for (UK)?

Hi! Could someone help me out and tell me what tipe of strings to buy for this instrument? Where do i find them? Thanks

I cant seem to find where to buy a new set of strings

Can I use a guitar string to fix a zither or do I need a certain type of string?

What size is tuning key?