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psaltery

[ UK /sˈɒltəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

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  • Mr. Dolmetsch has made instruments which he calls psalteries, and Miss Farr has herself learnt and has taught others, to chant verse, in a manner between speaking and singing, to the accompaniment of the psaltery. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory
  • Wire strings not only were used on guitars, mandoras, and bass lutes, but gave rise to a whole new family of string instruments, which included zithers, citterns, the Irish harp, psaltery, clavichord and others during the 15th and 16th centuries.
  • The angels are playing a collection of musical instruments, including the harp, tambourine, cymbals, lyre and psaltery.
  • This initial was traditionally decorated with a depiction of David playing his psaltery. 79 That the psalms were associated with the biblical figure and his instrument was not lost on Dominican women. Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
  • Besides, he had a bow in his other hand, and the only instrument Kellen knew that used a bow was a psaltery. Tran Siberian
  • The term "psaltery", from the [[Latin]] "'' psalterium ''", reveals its perceived similarity with the instrument of the [[psalms]] in [[medieval]] times. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The keyed instrument, of which our pianoforte is the living representative, had found its keyboard and a practical method of eliciting tones, which, whatever their weakness, were at least better than those of the lute, the chitarrone, the psaltery or harp. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
  • Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
  • The angels are depicted as playing a collection of musical instruments, including the harp, tambourine, cymbals, lyre and psaltery.
  • The angels are playing a collection of musical instruments, including the harp, tambourine, cymbals, lyre and psaltery.
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