<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">hammer dulcimers</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Appalachian dulcimers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>dulcimers</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>American hammer dulcimers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dulcimers, hammer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hammer dulcimer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hammered dulcimer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hammered dulcimers</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ American dulcimers which, like dulcimers worldwide, are played with hammers. For the American chordophones involving strings stretched over a soundbox, but played by plucking, use "Appalachian dulcimers." ]]></note></mads>