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: a stringed instrument having usually 30 to 40 strings over a shallow horizontal soundboard and played with pick and fingers
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The most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction is an ancient Chinese Guqin (similar to a zither) from the Song Dynasty (960–1279), which fetched 137 million yuan (US$22 million) at Polyauction (Beijing) in a 2010 Beijing auction.
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Mike Hanlon
march 22, New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2026
We were drawn to Laraaji’s organic droning on zither.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
There were electric and acoustic guitars — nice ones — to borrow, as well as a drum kit and multiple zithers.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The sculpture based on a zither—an instrument with strings stretched across a flat box—is a slanted trapezoid with strings running down its back.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
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Mike Hanlon
march 22, New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2026
We were drawn to Laraaji’s organic droning on zither.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
There were electric and acoustic guitars — nice ones — to borrow, as well as a drum kit and multiple zithers.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The sculpture based on a zither—an instrument with strings stretched across a flat box—is a slanted trapezoid with strings running down its back.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
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“Zither.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zither. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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