Chao Tian, a player of this instrument, released an album alongside Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink pairing it with American old-time music. A player of one type of this instrument wrote the songs “Black Waters” and “The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore,” typically using its noter-drone style. This instrument, distinguished from the historical psaltery by the method of sounding the strings, has variants including the santur and cimbalom. Jean (*) (“gene”) Ritchie popularized a style of playing this instrument from Kentucky. An Abyssinian maid plays this instrument while “singing of Mount Abora” in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan.” For 10 points, name this instrument that comes in “Appalachian” and “hammered” types, a member of the zither family. ■END■
ANSWER: dulcimer [or dulcimore; or delcimer; accept hammered dulcimer or Appalachian dulcimer; prompt on zither]
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