1626 F. Bacon §171 Which Strings we call False, being bigger in one Place than in another; And therefore Wire-strings are neuer False.
a1712 W. King tr. P. de la Croix (1714) I. 446 A Tambour. (A Sort of Lute, with a long Neck, and six Wire Strings).
1887 19 Feb. 121/1 The zither..having 24 wire strings.
2007 (Nexis) 1 July 15 Metallic dome lights dangle from wire strings.