Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Sound Devices (hierarchy name)
5. sound devices (equipment)
6. [sound devices by acoustical characteristics]
7. chordophones
8. zitherlike chordophones
9. [zitherlike chordophones: plucked]

Anotations

Scope note:

Zitherlike plucked chordophones with metal strings raised above the fingerboard on a steel nut; the strings are stopped by the pressure of a steel bar held in the player's hand, which slides along the strings creating a wavering or glissando effect.