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psaltery HISTORY, MUS

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The psaltery was a hand-held instrument, far smaller than the fully evolved harpsichord. en.wikipedia.org

In specific usage, this name denotes a form of long psaltery that is tuned to provide drone chords. en.wikipedia.org

It is a psaltery in the traditional sense of a wooden soundbox with unstopped strings over the soundboard. en.wikipedia.org

An old psaltery-player comes and sings a solemn song. en.wikipedia.org

In the 20th century, the bowed psaltery (not a true psaltery) came into wide use. en.wikipedia.org

Most hold it to be a form of harp, or psaltery. en.wikipedia.org

In the 18th century the kobza's upper range was extended with an addition of several unstopped treble strings, known as prystrunky, meaning: strings on the side, in a psaltery-like set-up. en.wikipedia.org

Besides the usual rock ensemble, the recordings also used a back-masked 19th century psaltery. en.wikipedia.org

The significance of the passage is unknown to the editor, except that it conjures up images of tuning the harp and psaltery (especially the use of perfect fourths and fifths). en.wikipedia.org

The harp and the psaltery were two of the musical instruments of the day. en.wikipedia.org

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