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Dulcimer

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Daniel 3:5,10 , an instrument of music, which the rabbins describe as a sort of bagpipe, composed of two pipes connected with a leathern sack, and of a harsh, screaming sound. The modern dulcimer is an instrument of a triangular form, strung with about fifty wires, and struck with an iron key while lying on the table before the performer. See MUSIC .

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Dulcimer'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​d/dulcimer.html. 1859.
 
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