The Plucked Psaltery

is also known as a lap harp or a music maker, is an updated version of an instrument from Biblical times.

You don't have to know a thing about music to play it! All you do is slide one of the sheets under the strings, and follow the notes from left to right, plucking the string directly above each note. (Of course, it helps if you know the song well enough to get the timing right.)

They're available in three finishes: Birch, Oak, or Walnut. Each instrument comes with a starter set of 12 song sheets with words, a pick and tuning wrench, some extra string, and instructions for tuning and string replacement.

We also have three additional models of plucked psalteries, the Eagle Spirit (left) and the Mountain Man (right). They have the appearance of very expensive hand-carved instruments, but the carving on these is actually plastic, to keep the price down. They're slightly larger than the others, to accommodate the design, and require a larger case, but they use the same music sheets. The Eagle Spirit and Mountain Man psalteries are available only with the Birch top.

Cases

We also have a case for the Plucked Psaltery. It's black, made of padded Cordura nylon, (like a camera bag) and has an adjustable shoulder strap. There's plenty of room for a stack of music sheets right under the instrument, and it has a zippered pocket on the outside, for picks, extra string, tuning wrench, etc..

More Music!

Extra song sheets (12 songs in each set) are sold separately. The following sets are available:

Celtic
All Through the Night, Ash Grove, Child Grove, Fairy Dance, Farewell, Farewell to Whiskey, John O'Connor, Keel Row, The King of Love My Shepherd is, Morepath Rant, Sheebeg and Sheemore, Southwind

Children's Favorites
The Farmer in the Dell, Frere Jacques, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, I'm a little Teapot, Little Boy Blue, London Bridge, Mary Had a Little Lamb, The Mulberry Bush, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ring Around the Rosie, Skip to My Lou, Three Blind Mice

Classical
Allegro Moderato (from "Sonatina in G"), Blue Danube Waltz, Bouree (from "The Royal Fireworks"), Can Can, Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda), Hornpipe (from "The Water Music"), Hungarian Dance No. 4, Minuet by Bach, Minuet in G, Musette (from "The Notebook of Anna Magdalana Bach"), Rigoletto (La Donna e Mobile), Trumpet Voluntary

Christmas I
Angels From the Realms of Glory, As Lately We Watched, Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabelle, Good King Winceslas, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Little Drummer Boy, Still Still Still, Up on the Housetop, The Wassail Song, We Three Kings, We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Christmas II
Away in a Manger, Deck the Halls, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, O Christmas Tree, O Come All Ye Faithful, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Silent Night, Sleigh Ride Song, The First Noel

Christmas III
Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, The Bells of Christmas, Ding Dong Merrily on High, Go Tell it on the Mountain, Greensleaves,  The Holly and the Ivy, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, I Wonder as I Wander, The Snow Lay on the Ground, There's a Song in the Air, Toyland

Folk I
Comin' Thru the Rye, Crawdad Song, I Gave My Love a Cherry, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Little Brown Jug, Mary Ann, My Bonnie, My Darling Clementine, Polly-Wolly-Doodle, Tom Dooley, The Wearing of the Green, Worried Man Blues

Folk II
Beautiful Brown Eyes, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Cluck Old Hen, Down By the Riverside, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone, The Old Spinning Wheel, Jimmy Crack Corn, John Henry, Rose of Tralee, Shady Grove, When You and I Were Young Maggie, Yankee Doodle Dandy

Gospel I
How Great Thou Art, I Saw the Light, I'll Fly Away, In the Sweet By and By, Love Lifted Me, Old Time Religion, Peace in the Valley, Precious Memories, The Old Rugged Cross, What a Friend we Have in Jesus, When the Roll is Called up Yonder, Will the Circle be Unbroken

Gospel II
Blessed be the Name, Do Lord Remember Me, The Great Speckled Bird, I Have Decided to Follow Jesus, I Surrender All, Jesus Calls Us, Nothing but the Blood of Jesus, O For a Thousand Tongues, On Jordan's Stormy Banks, The Solid Rock, 'Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus, Wondrous Love

Hymns I
Amazing Grace, Christ the Lord is Risen Today, Come Thou Almighty King, Crusader's Hymn, Doxology, Faith of Our Fathers, God be With You Till We Meet Again, Jesus Loves Me, Lead Kindly Light, Nearer my God to Thee, Rock of Ages, Were You There

Hymns II
Blest be the Tie, Bringing in the Sheaves, The Church in the Wildwood, For the Beauty of the Earth, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Just as I Am, Ode to Joy, O How I Love Jesus, Revive Us Again, Shall We Gather at the River, Sweet Hour of Prayer, When We All Get to Heaven

Old Favorites I
Auld Lang Syne, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Buffalo Gals, Dixie, Down in the Valley, Hail Hail the Gang's All Here, Listen to the Mockingbird, Loch Lommond, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Sweet Betsy From Pike, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Wildwood Flower

Old Favorites II
A Bicycle Built for Two, Aura Lee, Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms, The Camptown Races, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Frankie and Johnny, Home Sweet Home, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, My Old Kentucky Home, Sidewalks of New York, Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Tennessee Waltz

Old Favorites III
Arkansas Traveler, Beautiful Haven (Cielito Lindo), Deep River, For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, Good Night Ladies, In the Evening By the Moonlight, Irish Washerwoman, Juanita, Lazy Mary Will You Get Up, Lieber Augustin, Sailor's Hornpipe, Song of the Volga Boatmen

Irish Folk
Be Thou My Vision, The Castle of Dromore, Down by the Salley Gardens, The Foggy Dew, Hewlett, Londonderry Air, Lord Galway's Lamentation, Lord Inchiquin, The Minstril Boy, Planxty Irwin, The Road to Lisdoonvarna, Star of the County Down

Old West
Be Nobody's Darling but Mine, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Home on the Range, I Ride an Old Paint, Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prarie, Red River Valley, Shenandoah, The Streets of Laredo, Wabash Cannonball, Waiting for a Train, When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold, The Yellow Rose of Texas

Romance
Annie Laurie, I Love How You Love Me, I Love You Truly, Little Annie Ronney, Long Long Ago, Loves Old Sweet Song, My Wild Irish Rose, Paper Roses, Vilia, When I Grow Too Old to Dream, Where is Your Heart, When You Were Sweet Sixteen

Patriotic
America the Beautiful, Anchors Aweigh, Battle Hymn of the Republic, The Caissons go Rolling Along, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, God Bless America, The Marines Hymn, My Country T'is of Thee, The Star Spangled Banner, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Yankee Doodle, You're a Grand Old Flag

Plucked Psaltery Music (Please specify which set)  
Price: $5.00    
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Black Mountain, NC  28711
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