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Plucked PsalteryEn: Plucked Psaltery, Hog-nose Psaltery, Es:
Dulcema, Fr: Hachoir, De: Hackbrett, It: Salterio
tedesco, Heb: Psantir
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Plucked Psaltery
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The psaltery (the name coming from the Greek word 'Psalterion') probably
filtered into Europe from the Near East during the crusades.
Dating back about 3000 years, it was first played in Greece and the
Middle East and its basic design - a hollow sound box with resonating
strings stretched across it - was the basis for a very wide family of
zithers, autoharps and hammered dulcimers.
Illustrations dating from the 12th century onwards depict the instrument
in many different forms but the most popular throughout Europe during the
Middle Ages is a trapezoidal shape with in curved sides, often called a
'snout-nosed' or "pig-snout" psaltery.
Each string on this type of psaltery is plucked either with the player's
fingernails or with a plectrum. The strings on the earliest psalteries were
made from gut, but later steel-stringed psalteries make a louder, brighter
sound.
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We have kept to the traditional trapezoidal shape with in-curved
sides, often called a 'snout-nosed' psaltery, for our Plucked Psaltery.
Each instrument is entirely hand built by 'in-house'
experienced craftsmen to special order in our own workshops in Toledo (Spain) to the highest standard of craftsmanship.
They come with 12 months warranty and 12 months free access to our 'helpline' for
advice on setting up, playing and maintenance.
Swiss pine on an English sycamore framework is hand finished and then
strung in brass to ensure a full tone from the instrument.
Tuned to a diatonic scale of three octaves G - a" it is most commonly
played resting on the lap with a quill.
Each instrument comes complete with a tuning lever and 12 month warranty.
A soft carrying case is available as optional
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The same instrument is offered in kit form for home assembly.
The price includes the license to build one instrument
for private use and 12 months free access to our 'helpline' for advice on construction, setting up, playing
and maintenance.
To ensure success, even for the first time builder, each kit includes:
A fully dimensioned working template,
A manual with clear and concise step-by-step full assembly instructions.
All the main constructional parts are supplied cut to size from
traditional timbers and are ready for final assembly working to the template
provided. The template also shows the builder where to drill the holes for
the hitch pins and tuning pins and where to fit the correct gauges of brass
wire. The instruction manual adopts a 'step by step' approach to guide the
builder through each stage of construction explains how to tune and play the
instrument to a diatonic scale of three octaves G - a".
A soft padded case is available as an optional extra if required. Please
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Plucked Psaltery Technical Plan
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You can make the same
Plucked Psaltery from scratch, following detailed
step-by-step instructions through the construction process in a clear and
concise manner.
A fully dimensioned life-size drawing with templates and a set of photographs
illustrate each stage.
The price includes the license to build one instrument
for private use and 12 months
free access to our 'helpline' for advice on construction, setting up, playing
and maintenance.
This
icon indicates that you can choose between the hard copy of the documents sent by postal mail, or the downloadable electronic files, in
pdf format to your computer. In order to view and print the
pdf
files, you need the free 'Acrobat Reader' program installed in
your computer. Life-size drawings require large printers. Electronic
documents have a reduced price, don't have shipping costs, but are
non-refundable.
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Plucked Psaltery Availability and delivery timeNot all of the items listed on our
site are available immediately. Products without a reference nor a price are
rarely available for quick dispatch. If you are interested in them, please
contact us.
We publish standard availability, which means that this product
usually ships in that time since it has been ordered. But at the
specific time of your order, that interval can be longer or smaller
depending on many production factors. In addition, you still will have to
wait for your product to arrive (delivery time). [More
info about availability & delivery dates]
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Plucked Psaltery Configuration, References and Prices
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Check the offers:
In April up to
25% Off |
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Psaltery - (Plucked) |
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Plucked Psaltery |
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F-PSP |
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445.91 |
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Kit + drawing + instructions + license |
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Drawing + instructions + license |
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[1] Price,
Payment and Ordering Information Prices and Exchange rates
All published prices are exclusive of
VAT and
shipping costs.
They are shown in
RWC.
The following exchange rates are valid on
April 28th, 2020.
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conditions
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1 RWC= |
1.585
GBP |
1.725
EUR |
1.973
USD |
210.4
JPY |
2.744
CAD |
3.017
AUD |
1.925
CHF |
144.3
RUB |
13.97
CNY |
35.84
ZAR |
46.99
MXN |
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Promotions
Some temporary offers and discounts might apply:
In April up to
25% Off
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