The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Dulcimer
…Variants include: The original Appalachian dulcimer Various twentieth century derivatives, including Banjo dulcimer, with banjo-like resonating membrane Resonator dulcimer, with inset conical resonator…
Loraine Wyman, who gathered folk songs in the field and performed them in concert halls, shown in the May 1, 1917, issue of Vogue holding an Appalachian dulcimer
Folk singer Jean Ritchie playing an Appalachian dulcimer