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Definition of Dulcimers

Dulcimer
Dulcimer Dul"ci*mer, n. [It. dolcemele,r Sp. dulcemele, fr. L. dulcis sweet + melos song, melody, Gr. ?; cf. OF. doulcemele. See Dulcet, and Melody.] (Mus.) (a) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. (b) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. --Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.

Meaning of Dulcimers from wikipedia

- contrab**** dulcimers. Courting dulcimers: One unusual variant is the "courting dulcimer." This instrument consists of one large dulcimer body with two...
- region of the U.S. in the nineteenth century, hammered dulcimers were rare. There, the word dulcimer, which was familiar from the King James Version of the...
- a hammered dulcimer (by Sam Rizzetta) Hammered dulcimers from polish collections (Polish folk musical instruments) East Anglian Dulcimers(ongoing historic...
- com) has been producing banjo dulcimers since 1980 - called "Banjo-Mer" McSpadden Dulcimers began producing banjo dulcimers in the early 2000s. Mike Clemmer...
- electric Appalachian dulcimer, but electric hammered dulcimers also exist. The Dulcicaster is a common example of an electric dulcimer, made by Quintin Stephens...
- dulcimer has some historical roots; L. Allen Smith feature several examples in his historical survey A Catalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers...
- for the dulcimer boom in California and one of the top dulcimer players in the 1970s and 1980s. He co-founded CapriTaurus and Folk Roots Dulcimers with his...
- The resonator dulcimer is an Appalachian dulcimer which features a metal resonating cone inset in the body, which receives and acoustically amplifies...
- "yáng"), which means "acclaimed". It is also spelled yang ch'in. Hammered dulcimers of various types are now very po****r not only in China, but also Eastern...
- the yangqin, the harpsichord, the qanun, the cimbalom, and the hammered dulcimers. The name 'santur' may come from Persian sanṭīr, a borrowing of the Gr****...