Many moons ago, when it was still popular to wear bell bottom jeans and to say groovy and far out, I played classical guitar. There were 6 strings to tune, which seemed to take forever.
This morning, in the wee insomniac hours, I decided to count the strings of all the instruments I play. The hammer dulcimer, and mine is the smallest model, has 46. The harp, also a fairly small model, has 26. The octave mandolin has 8 and the banjo has 5. That’s about a gazillion strings, or 85, depending on your counting methods.
Tuning all my strings is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. When I’ve come to the end, it’s time to start over again.
Strings!
582 tuning pegs. Objects may appear less numerous in photographic situations. 🙂
mariannedecher 
Seems like “they” are stringing you along! Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvius_Leopold_Weiss He allegedly spent half his life tuning his lutes.
Love, Mom and Dad
Thanks for stopping by y’all, and for the info. Here are some silly jokes I came up with.
1) How many strings are in string cheese?
2) What is a musical barbarian’s favorite activity?
“Lute and pillage”.
3) If you feel ill playing the lute, you may have “luten intolerance”.
Haha.
Love, Marianne
Better you than me. I don’t think I would have the patience!!
It’s kind of meditative. “Let’s see, I got up to string #23. Or was that #22? Oh phooey, time to start over.” 🙂 Thanks for stopping by Carolyn.
No wonder photography is one of your hobbies – your pics are gorgeous! You really have an eye for it!
Why thank you. I’ve just sort of held up the iPhone and snapped away. Soon I will be taking “real” pix with the new “real” camera.