Plucked Psalteries

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It is also known as a lap harp or a music maker, is an updated version of an instrument from Biblical times. The lap harp is commonly referred to as a plucked psaltery type of instrument. This lap harp is usually built in a trapezoidal shape and has 15 strings. The player uses one hand to play although the adventurous player can find ways of using the second hand to make more creative sounds. No music background is required with this instrument. A lap harp can also refer to a regular folk harp such as that with levers that is made on a smaller scale to be held on the lap. We are only looking queries from Foreign Region.