A psaltery is more or less a generic term for a type of musical instrument that consists of strings mounted on a wooden board, and tightened by pegs. Every major culture in history has developed a psaltery or one sort or another, and it is clearly thousands of years old. For instance, the hammer dulcimer is a psaltery played by striking, and arose in the Middle East more than 3,000 years ago. You can read some more about the history of the psaltery.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Who invented the psaltery?
