Dictionary (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]Thesaurus French harp Irish harp aeolian harp cithara clarsach dulcimer harmonica harmonicon heptachord hexachord kazoo langspiel lyre mouth bow mouth harp mouth organ polychord symphonia zither |