Noted musicians who play the hammered dulcimer include:
A
Matthew Abelson
Azam Ali (santur)
B
Billy Bennington
Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor) Blue Man Group Basia Bulat (occasionally, main instrument is autoharp) Botanist
C
Evan Carawan (multi-instrumentalist) Guy Carawan (multi-instrumentalist) Dorothy Carter (multi-instrumentalist) Mitzie Collins Russell Cook Jimmy Cooper Jim Couza
D
Malcolm Dalglish
Constance Demby
F
Chris Funk (multi-instrumentalist, plays occasionally)
G
Lisa Gerrard (yangqin)
H
Dana Hamilton
Sue Harris
Steve Hogarth (multi-instrumentalist, mainly keyboard player) Brenda Hunter
K
Ardavan Kamkar (santur)
L
Dan Landrum
Laraaji
James Lascelles
Sigi Lemmerer (hackbrett) Arjen Lucassen
M
John McCutcheon
Parviz Meshkatian (santur) Ion Miu (cimbalom) Rich Mullins (multi-instrumentalist) Tom MacKenzie
N
New Victory Band (Christine Coe) Joanna Newsom (mainly known for harp) Simon Nicol (mainly known for guitar)
P
Carl Palmer (in Still...You Turn Me On) Chet Parker Faramarz Payvar (santur) Neil Peart (mainly known for drums) Brendan Perry (yangqin) Kate Price
R
John Rea
Sam Rizzetta
S
Maggie Sansone
Timothy Seaman
Rahul Sharma (santoor) Shivkumar Sharma (santoor) Geoff Smith Bill Spence
T
Richard Thompson (mainly known for guitar) Trapezoid
V
Paul Van Arsdale
W
Collin Walcott (mainly known for sitar, tabla and percussion) Joemy Wilson Steven Wilson (mainly known for guitar and keyboard)