Psaltery
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A psaltery, or sawtry, an archaic form, is a fretboard-less box zither and is considered the archetype of the zither and dulcimer. Plucked keyboard instruments such as the harpsichord were also inspir
Psaltery 1700 – Venetian school
A woman playing a triangular harp, which was called by "Jewish, Christian and Greek sources" a psalterion. Ancient Greek red-figured pelike from Anzi, Apulia, circa 320–310 BC.
Triangular psaltery or rotte. Not a harp, as the sound-box blocks the viewer from seeing through the instrument; also it has sound holes.
Resembling a harp, this was identified as a psaltery. Print detailed enough to show bridges on the instrument's bottom and strings running in courses.
Bowed psaltery
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The bowed psaltery is a type of psaltery or zither that is played with a bow. In contrast with the centuries-old plucked psaltery, the bowed psaltery appears to be a 20th-century invention.
Psaltery
…and heavier frames. In the 19th century, several related zithers came into use, notably the guitar zither and the autoharp. In the 20th century, the bowed psaltery came into wide use. It is set up in a triangular format so that the end portion of each string can be bowed. Baltic psaltery…
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