Happy Birthday,
cheshirebast!--
I have the autoharp about two-thirds restrung. I also have poked three holes in my hands, lost a very narrow strip of skin on my left index finger, and
broken two of the new strings (one of those was totally my fault, and I'd had to cut the old string off, so I couldn't put it back; I suspect a manufacturing defect in the other, and fortunately for that one I could replace it temporarily with the old string). I figured I would take the second break (the one that was my fault) as my cue to walk away from it for a little bit. I'll take a crack at finishing it tomorrow or Sunday, and then go by RRGuitars with the broken strings and see if I can get replacements from them.
The good news is that once I do this, I won't have to do it again for a while. :-/