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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Appalachian dulcimers</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>hammer dulcimers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>zitherlike chordophones: plucked</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>American dulcimer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>American dulcimers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Appalachian dulcimer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Kentucky dulcimers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>appalachian dulcimer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dulcimers, American</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dulcimers, Appalachian</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dulcimers, Kentucky</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dulcimers, mountain</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>mountain dulcimer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>mountain dulcimers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>mountain zithers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>zithers, mountain</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Folk instruments from the Appalachian region of the United States, usually consisting of a long figure-eight shaped box, a fretted fingerboard set centrally along its entire length, and from three to five metal strings tensioned by lateral pegs. For the American chordophones of similar construction, but struck with hammers instead of plucked, use "hammer dulcimers." ]]></note></mads>