Baroque salterio

Here is a trapezoidal-shaped salterio with two sound holes. This type of salterio was played in countries like Italy and Spain by the upper-class aristocracy. It could be played using the battuto technique which used hammers or sticks or using the pizzicato or plucked technique.Proudly presented inside the salterio is...

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18th century salterio

Here is a beautiful salterio, hammered dulcimer or psaltery.It’s a trapezoidal-shaped salterio with quite an unusual number of bridges – six. It has two sound holes, decorated throughout with foliage and garlands of flowers.The front of the instrument features a Mediterranean bay, which seems to be Catalan in style. There...

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