Hi there! Yet another new kid on the block, and I am not sure if I landed in the proper place. I finally did it, bit the bullet and got a zither (still winging it's way here from France). It is a Valnarosa "chord" zither I picked up on Etsy through GrantsEmporium: Valsonora 5 chord zither....

I am a new kid on the block, so I may be speaking 'out of place'. I am waiting on the delivery of my first zither, a 5 chord Valrosa. I did get some stringing info from the seller: I use piano wire for the melody strings, (0.014, 0.016, 0.018, 0.20, etc) available in a lot of music shops. For the th...