Siren Song: Composer Nathan Davis Reveals the Bowed Psaltery and All Its Many Possibilities

This story was written by Megan Westberg for the January-February 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.

The first thing you have to understand about the bowed psaltery is that it takes the shape of a triangle. A rather acute isosceles triangle, in fact, strung elegantly with a minimum of 32 strings that sing with bright silvery voices...