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Categories: Ancient Greek musical instruments, Box zithers, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Ancient Hebrew musical instruments, Czech musical instruments

psaltery Cymbala psalteries psalterium Psaltiri

An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings WordNet 3.0

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An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A psaltery is a fretboard-less box zither and is considered the archetype of the zither and dulcimer. Wikipedia

Ancient Greek stringed instrument Wikidata

A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. Wiktionary

Instrument. Wiktionary (translation)

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. (Nehemiah 12:27, KJV). Wiktionary

IS A

stringed instrument

box zither

plucked string instrument

HAS KIND

bowed psaltery

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

psaltery

Wikipedia

psaltery