A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It is played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).

plural of dulcimer

Alternative form of hammered dulcimer

(music) A type of dulcimer whose metal strings are stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board that has two bridges, one bass and one treble, set on a stand and played with small mallet-like hammers.

plural of hammer dulcimer

plural of Appalachian dulcimer

A diatonically fretted and neckless string instrument, most commonly with three or four strings; a chordophone of the zither family.

plural of banjo dulcimer

A type of Appalachian dulcimer played with a bow and held upright like a cello.

plural of bowed dulcimer