What's It? Answer

The answer to the "What's It" post is:

Mountain Dulcimer!

Madalyn guessed exactly and Debby was close enough!

I've only ever strummed some basic folk tunes on it. Here's a link showing someone really playing one: To Morrow Mountain

What's It?

I thought I'd present a little game of 'what's it' for you. Do you know what type of musical instrument this is?

I've had it since I was 6 or 7 years old when I got it for xmas. I am going to give it a good dusting and some new strings since two are broken at the moment.

Sorry, no actual prizes, but you will be considered a 'Smarty Pants' if you guess right ;)