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Replacement Strings

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:24 pm
by DonO
Two great sources of replacement Zither Strings I have used are Anne Prinz (located in Iowa), and Schneider Musik at http://www.Schneidermusik.de (in Germany). Strings from Schneider come by UPS, and very quickly too! even if you select the cheapest option. Price from Schneider is very reasonable but of course depends on exchange rate of the Euro.

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:39 pm
by Dave
Thanks Don. I've ordered strings from Anne and Schneider Musik and would recommend both. While visiting Bill Kolb's web site recently, I noticed that he is also offering Lenzner Soloklang concert zither strings.

http://www.doctorzither.com/?page_id=67

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 12:33 am
by henrylrjr
Hi all,

The posts listing zither string dealers are from 2011 and one of the dealer's add has a date of 2008 so I wonder if they are still in business. I need one Lenzer Fisoma Munich tuning Griff G string for a concert zither. Lenzer lists it as Fisoma Harfenzither part number Nr.5113 for a mensur of 415/435. Does anyone know of a US distributors so I can get one quickly? If necessary I will buy a full 5 string set (a, a, d, G and C)

Thanks,
henrylrjr

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 9:36 pm
by Dave
Bill Kolb offers Lenzner strings -- he'll probably be able to help you, but it looks like the page link to order strings has changed. There's a link to a contact form at the bottom of the page too.

http://doctorzither.com/orderstrings/

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 8:11 am
by henrylrjr
Thanks for all the replies. I ended up ordering from Dr. Zither because of his quick responses, apparent knowledge and great communication in email discussions about zithers.

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:47 pm
by JeffJetton
I just ordered some from Dr. Zither too!

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:29 pm
by neil
I am making a Zither that is about longer than a standard Zither. How long are standard concert Zither string sets? Are bass Zither string sets longer, or does that just refer to the "bass" strings on the Zither?

Tha KS!
Neil

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:29 pm
by neil
I am making a Zither that is about longer than a standard Zither. How long are standard concert Zither string sets? Are bass Zither string sets longer, or does that just refer to the "bass" strings on the Zither?

Tha KS!
Neil

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:18 am
by Evelyn
Zither strings come in different lengths: for Quintzither, Konzertzither, Harfenzither and Altzither, with Quintzither being the shortest and Altzither the longest.

Bass strings refer to the bass strings: Es 13 - Gis 24
Kontra strings are
F (C) 25 - Cis (Gis) 29 and
C (G) 30 - A (E) 33

For more information re string lengths etc you may like to contact Horst Wünsche Zitherbau. They can give you all the information you require, and also supply the strings you need. They do speak English.

https://www.zitherbau-wuensche.de/bergf ... rfenzither

Regards
Evelyn

Re: Replacement Strings

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:19 am
by Evelyn
Duplicate post removed.