Even above the sound of the engine I can hear the insistent high-pitched zither of crickets.

BBC: Sardinia, land and sea

While preaching, he often would dance, weep, make animal sounds, strip to his underwear, or play the zither.

NEWYORKER: Rich Man, Poor Man

Ask any member of the Davenport Zither Ensemble, and you'll hear the real reason they get together every Saturday morning.

NPR: Zithers: Memory And Music In Davenport, Iowa

Twice a year, during the summer and at Christmastime, the Davenport Zither Ensemble takes hausmusik out of the house, for formal concerts ... sort of.

NPR: Zithers: Memory And Music In Davenport, Iowa

Temple flutes, guzheng (a Chinese zither) and the two-stringed erhu feature prominently in songs, while the musical score is a conscious mingling of East and West.

CNN: WOMAN WARRIOR

Inside their time-warp home, grandma made cookies, an old Hapsburg grandpa played the zither, and Mom lit the advent wreath while teaching her child the significance of each candle.

CNN: Celebrating with the Christkind

In the summer there is no end to a farmer's work, but winter is the time for visiting friends, joking, gossiping and listening to Karli as he plays us a polka on his zither.

BBC: Snowbound Slovenia

The decorative rice cakes at Jilsiru (Insadong St) are works of art, and turn down the nearby alley to sip quince tea in Yetchatjip, a hobbit-sized teashop echoing with water features, songbirds and gayageum (zither) music.

BBC: A perfect day in Seoul

'You will have understood that Solcavsko people do things slowly, they like to take their time, ' says Martina's neighbour Karli, a well-known zither player, as he recounts the story of Luca, whose car was swept away in a flood in 1990.

BBC: Snowbound Slovenia

The radif may be vocal or instrumental, performed on a variety of instruments with different performance techniques including the long- necked lutes ''t?r'' and ''set?r, '' as well as the ''santur'' hammered zither, ''kam?nche'' spike fiddle and ''ney'' reed pipe.

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