Dulcimer

[Tanya Shivari]

An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are
beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer.

[Kit]

A musical instrument with a sounding board or box, typically trapezoidal in shape, over which strings of graduated length are stretched, played by being struck with handheld hammers.

[MonicaLebi]

a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings

[Quadirdith 0]

a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers

[VikaRip]

A dulcimer is a type of stringed musical instrument, which is played by striking or plucking the strings with hammers or fingers. It has a distinctive trapezoidal shape and the strings are usually arranged in multiple courses to produce a richer sound. Its particularly associated with traditional and folk music, particularly in the Appalachian region of the United States.

[Carmellabita]

dul′si-mėr, n. a musical instrument resembling a flat box, with sounding-board and bridges, across which run wires tuned by pegs at the sides, and played on by striking the wires with a small piece of wood in each hand, or more usually with two cork-headed hammers: a Jewish musical instrument, according to Gesenius, a double pipe with a bag. [Sp. dulcemele—L. dulce melos, a sweet song—dulcis, sweet; melos = Gr. melos, a song.]