0 a musical instrument, consisting of a wooden box with wire strings stretched over it, played by hitting the strings with a pair of light hammers
Little Prince Ivan sat down and played tunes on the dulcimer—sad enough tunes.
She heard the music of the dulcimer, so she made sure he was still there.
The orchestra, on the stage, consisted of a guitar, a sort of dulcimer, and a drum.
With this dulcimer I shall be able to tap out our Irish melodies when I am abroad, and transport myself to Ireland for a few minutes, or a few bars.
Pythagoras, with only a monochord or a dulcimer, made the mathematical point about the octave and the fifth.
The dulcimer and the fortepiano were similar in both construction and sound production, differing mainly in the presence or absence of a keyboard.
A santouri is a hammered dulcimer; there are plucked, trapezoid zithers in the photographs.
