The zither family ( including the autoharp , kantele , gusli , kannel , kankles , kokles , koto , guqin , gu zheng and many others ) does not have a neck .
The strings are stretched across the soundboard .
The zither family ( including the autoharp , kantele , gusli , kannel , kankles , kokles , koto , guqin , gu zheng and many others ) does not have a neck , and the strings are stretched across the soundboard .