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As someone who (was) attempting to learn a couple zithers, they're quite amazing instruments. I only have experience with the autoharp and the concert zither myself but can offer some basics: At least for the concert zither (and the variants such as harp zither) expect a small instrument without the ability to go powerfully loud and that can be extremely hard for a beginner to pick up. Tuning stability is not great and the accompaniment strings being mostly tuned in fifths throws people at first. The concert zither was popular a little over a century ago and most zither variants (chord zither, violin zither, autoharp) are the result of how hard the concert zither can be to learn. There are lots of public domain music offerings online including various at the library of congress website for the zither due to that long ago popularity and a couple composers now who still write for it. Depending on the zither someone is learning or into, there are usually some online resources specific to the instrument, but information and parts can be scarce. For someone who found an antique zither that needs work, it should be noted in advance there are only a small handful of luthiers that will repair them. If people have other questions I can try and help answer what I can and offer up my own experiences as a student of them.
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