I find it very tiresome when people who apparently know the square root of nowt when it comes to zither banjos waste space on this site.
I've played zither banjos for around 60 years and love them for their quiet and subtle tone. Not for you if you want to emulate Earl Scruggs or play loudly in something like The Big Ben Banjo Band, but there's plenty of us who have other preferences and can play zither-banjos very well indeed.

I've owned Windsors, Temletts (Snr. and Jnr.) Barnes & Mullins (most makes in fact at some time or another)andI've never had a bum one yet. It's all a matter of taste and I always recall Frank Proffitt's remark when he first heard Scruggs, "I'd sure like to be able to do that. And not do that." (Proffitt didn't play a zither Banjo but his sentiments are mine entirely. I admire people like Margaret Barry, and of course my distant relative Thw Great Vance(circa 1850) but if you want to hear something lovely on a zither-banjo try Rob McKillop, and then SHUT UP!