I remember telling my aunt about my website, and I wrote down the address on a sheet of paper and handed it to her:

www.phantasypsalteries.com

She gave me a puzzled expression. I said, “do you understand what I wrote?”

“It says, fantasy pee salteries? I don’t get it” she replied.

So, just to remind everyone: yes, psaltery begins with a P. I’m no etymologist, but Merriam-Webster online had this to say about the “psaltery:”

Etymology:

Middle English psalterie, from Anglo-French, from Latin psalterium, from Greek psalt?rion, from psallein to play on a stringed instrument

Now, I realize that most anyone who is reading this probably already knows this, as they have managed to find this website – with the correct spelling, but I just thought I’d include my humorous observation.

Additionally, I’m sure a lot of you psaltery players have encountered this type of dialogue:

You: I play a musical instrument called a bowed psaltery.

Them: A bowed what?

You: A psaltery.

Them: How do you spell it?

You: PEE…

Them: What!?

You: P – S – A – L – T – E – R – Y.

Them: Never heard of it.

I feel for you.

Here’s to the bowed saltery, salt tree, saltry, psaltry, psalter, and however else you can manage to misspell it! (Hint: the correct spelling can be seen by scrolling to the top of this page, bonking yourself over the head with a nerf bat, and then reading the title banner of this website.)