THanks, Helen! I will see if they can help me. I'm paranoid I will break a string and not have a replacement.

Sharon, is that what they're called? Flex hammers, huh. The zither I bought came with this odd little, well, flexible hammer, and I had no idea what it was called... Do you know how to use one? As far as I know, my zither is a normal zither. I thought someone must have been experimenting with the sound. :)

Jen