The stick-zither

•The stick-zither is a flat stick with projections on one end, and one or two strings are stretched along its length. The strings are strummed and then the projections used like frets to alter the pitch of the string. The stick-zither is unknown in the Philippines, but widespread in Borneo, Sulawesi and was also carried to Madagascar and the East African coast. The exact distribution is still poorly recorded, but it is present on Ternate, Halmahera and Sumba, but absent from the main islands of Indonesia