Dulcimer
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Dulcimer may refer to two types of musical instruments:
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- Appalachian dulcimerAppalachian dulcimerThe Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...
, a fretted, plucked musical instrument which is also referred to as a "mountain dulcimer", "lap dulcimer", "hog fiddle", "fretted dulcimer" or simply "dulcimer" - Hammered dulcimerHammered dulcimerThe hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. Typically, the hammered dulcimer is set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who holds small mallet hammers in each hand to strike the strings...
, a hammer-struck, trapezoid-shaped musical instrument
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- The Dulcimer; or, The New York Collection of Sacred Music, a popular 19th century collection of Christian hymns, compiled by Isaac B. WoodburyIsaac B. WoodburyIsaac Baker Woodbury was a 19th-century composer and publisher of church music.Woodbury studied with Lowell Mason in Boston and with teachers in Paris and London. Upon his return to Boston he taught music, played organ, and directed choral groups...