She laughed softly and ran her fingers over the strings.

Then he passed the flat of his hand over the strings, and they went mute.

I tuned it carefully, then ran my fingers over the strings.

Then he raised the bow and drew it down hard over the strings to bring out the first note.

They had a single pickup with a steel cover that arched over the strings.

For a moment his hands hesitated over the strings.

He had a face like a human foetus, hanging over the strings, but his voice was clear and true.

She ran a thumb over the strings, settling down on the arm of a chair.

He ran his hand over the strings of a gold lap harp.

You may as well just hand over the strings to the next available manipulator and let him pull to his heart's content.