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The waldzither came today. I strung it up with octave mandolin strings, which are a little lighter than mandola strings, and it sounds pretty dang good! I had to put a shim under the bridge because...

Thanks Martin, that sounds like sound advice. Comparing the gauges of a set of D'Addario Mandola strings with the gauges listed in the link I posted before, I find that there is quite a bit of...

I just found this site. Very useful. I'd still like to hear from people who have experience doing this themselves.

http://www.mandolinluthier.com/waldzither_tuning.htm

Thanks for the link Jacob, that provides some interesting insights. Standard Waldzither tuning is CGCEG, which is not what I want to use, so I won't be able to use those strings particularly, but it...

I just bought my second cittern on eBay, a German Thuringia Waldzither. It should arrive nexzt week. It guitar tuners, not watch key tuners, so I won't need a tuning key.

I'd like to tune it to...