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Encyclopedia > Dulcimer

Dulcimer is the name given to two types of stringed musical instrument:

The instruments are quite different, but are both members of the zither family of instruments.

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Introduction to the Hammered Dulcimer (1136 words)
The hammered dulcimer or hammer dulcimer is an ancient trapezoidal music instrument with several courses of strings.
The dulcimer was involved in a revolution over 200 years ago, when the hammer dulcimer and the harpsichord became the immediate parents of the pianoforte.
The direct impetus for the "keyed dulcimer", from the dulcimer side was the German musician Pantaleon Heibenstreit.
Dulcimer - LoveToKnow 1911 (700 words)
The dulcimer differed from the psalterium or psaltery chiefly in the manner of playing, the latter having the strings plucked by means of fingers or plectrum.
The shape of the dulcimer is a trapeze or truncated triangle, having the bass strings stretched parallel with the base, which measures from 3 to 4 ft.; the strings decrease gradually in length, the shortest measuring from about 18 to 24 in.
The dulcimer is placed upon a table in front of the performer, who strikes the strings with a little hammer mounted on a metal rod and covered on one side with hard and on the other with soft leather for forte and piano effects.
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