dulcimer

English Thesaurus

1. a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cither, zither, zithern,
definition	:	a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers (noun.artifact)

2. a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	stringed instrument,
definition	:	a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound (noun.artifact)