A psaltery is a stringed musical instrument of the zither family.

The kokle (or kuōkle) is a Latvian plucked string musical instrument (chordophone), of the zither family.

The Appalachian dulcimer (or mountain dulcimer) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings.

For example, the origins of such cultural icons as the sauna, the kantele (an instrument of the zither family), and the Kalevala (national epic) have remained rather obscure.

The Starosvitska bandura or traditional bandura is a Ukrainian folk instrument of the zither family, common from the late 18th century.

When the guqin is played, the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family, a number of aesthetic elements are involved.

Drone zithers or droned zithers are stringed instruments of the zither family that have few (sometimes only one) melodic strings and a greater number of drone strings.

The mountain dulcimer is part of the zither family.

The nickname is derived from "Kithara", an ancient Greek musical instrument in the zither family, and also the term "Kita", which means "north" in Japanese.

The celestaphone was a musical instrument of the zither family, which was played by pressing spring-levers to cause small hammers to strike the strings of the instrument.