APALACHEAN DULCIMER is American folk string plucked instrument with 2 double and 1 single string. While playing DULSIMER is laying on knees of musician as a gusli. Strings are squeezed by left hand fingers or special wood stick. Strings are pulled by plectrum or special metal (plastic) claws, which put on thumb, forefinger and middle finger of right hand. The ancestor of APALACHE DULSIMER was Swedish HUMMEL, which was brought to American land by European emigrants.