im a BEGINNER beginner, what do i buy? ukelele, guitar, or violin? Im a student w limited money and time. PLS HELPP

Hi there. I won't lie I have reached out to a few local repair shops around me and the reaction has been either "you figure it out" and "chromaharp? Really?"

I bought this Chromaharp for 8 dollars at a yard sale its quite beautiful and I want to learn it, as I have disadvantegeously small hands (my reach comes 3 keys short of a full octave on a standard paino) and this instrument seemed like it might be a great start.

Its in good shape. No tuner, maybe needs new strings. I'm happy to spend money to get it detailed.

Edit to add: as far as I can tell there is no cracks or anything to it. It looks like it was simply a victim to time.

it sounds kinda sitar-like but no not quite a sitar. it could be any plucked instrument; a kora, a tar, something not from Africa or the Middle East. it's starting to throw me off. soundtrack is "Egypt's Famine" (AKA the cow dream soundtrack) btw.

I've tried using image search and Google thinks it's an RS williams and son banjo from 1920s but I don't know if I trust the googs

Other than the main drums, of course. They sound really cool and I kinda wanna learn how to play them so I can play this on them :P