Hi Rita,

Can you tell me more about using mizrab type picks on a zither harp? I mostly tinker with guitar and mandolin, and use up and down strokes with my picks. I started out mangling other picks into versions of mine, made some brass, but mostly make an "origami" version now with sheet polycarb. I've been through the u.s. patents of wearable picks, and wrote one for mine, but shouldn't have overstated my knowledge of it. It's an unknowable subject, really. Different things work for different people, it seems.

One concern I'd like to hear comments about is if anyone has trouble with the edges of the ring-bands of fingerpicks catching against each other. I've got mine down to a very thin material, but it's kind of an egonomic homeostasis; you immediatly get used to being able to hold your fingers closer, and they can still catch, grabbing chords sometimes.

It's killing me trying to make the best version I can of my picks, because it takes so much time getting used to a variant, and I can't know what might be better, another material, or what. I'm hoping someday a few players might like my picks.