The hammered dulcimer probably originated in the Middle East about 900 A.D. and is related to the much older psaltery. It spread from there across North Africa and was brought into Europe by the ...

Daniel 3:10 reads: "Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down ...

It has a long history, possibly descended from the ancient Egyptian harp, and is related to the psaltery, dulcimer and zither. My qanun consists of a trapezoid-shaped hollow sound box made of ...