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psaltery (sôl`tərē, –trē), stringed musical instrument. It has a flat soundboard over which a variable number of strings are stretched. Its origin was in the Middle East, and it is referred to in the Bible. It appeared in Europe in the 12th cent. and flourished until the late Middle Ages. The term psaltery is sometimes used as a generic term for all plucked zithers having flat bodies. The instrument is similar to a hammered dulcimer dulcimer (dŭl`sĭmər), stringed musical instrument. ..... Click the link for more information. but is plucked instead of hammered. |
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The ugab (Heb), which Jubal is said to have invented (Gen 4:21), is not a "pipe" (an aerophone) as the RSV translates it but rather a string instrument (chordophone) as the Septuagint and Josephus confirm (both translate the Hebrew word by the Greek psalterion, a psaltery, harp or similar instrument; see Pilch 2006a: 50). In this group everybody had to play several instruments, and so I played recorders, lute, percussion, krumhorn and psaltery. The club was begun by Chris Hingley of Quartz Hill, who plays a bowed psaltery, and Carolyn Burrell of Lancaster, who plays Celtic harp. |
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