Zither

The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music. The strings are stretched across the length of the soundbox, and the instrument does not have a neck.

Examples:

American Appalacian dulcimer
Chinese gŭzhēng
Chinese hammered yãngqín
Estonian kannel
French �pinette
German Scheitholt
hammered dulcimer
Icelandic langspil
Japanese koto
Korean gayageum and geomungo
Norwegian langeleik
Sundanese kacapi
Swedish hummel