I sometimes referred to the bowed psaltery that I played in concerts as a fiddle for autoharp players. They have their place. I have another friend who started a whole bowed psaltery recording (she and I once did the start of dueling banjos at a show). She stopped, because she couldn't stand to listen to all the rough cuts in a row. Mine was hand made by a friend, and I'm not getting rid of it. We just don't take it on the road that much.