> The Dulcimer Book by Jean Ritchie
> (c) 1974 Oak Publications (probably bought out by another publisher now)
> ISBN 0.8256.0016.2
> LCC 63-20754
> Distributor at time: Music Sales Corporation
>
[...]
> "In an old metrical romance entitled 'The Squyr of Lowe Degre', an imposing
> array of early English musical instruments are mentioned, among them the
> 'dowcemere'."
Which is funny, since the book is about Appalacian dulcimers. In
period I haven't seen a reference (and neither has New Grove) to
`Dulcimer' that didn't mean that hammered, trapezoidal thing.
-- g