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"How do you know??? Of course that's crazy...So why doesn't your religion have keyless trumpets blasting away in your churches???"

How do I know? Because a cursory investigation into the progression of musical instruments reveals that chromatic trumpets didn't exist anywhere at the time that the Psalms were recorded.

"Well, you're 100% wrong on that one..."

I could argue over this, but instead I will just suggest that you go to google images (or your search engine of choice) and search "psaltery," and see what comes up.

"That's stupid...A plucked instrument??? HaHa...It's a 'twanging' instrument, whether it's plucked or strummed... "

Plucked, as opposed to bowed. Twang the thing if you wish, by all means, but I think you'll find "plucked string instrument" is the more generally accepted term over "twanging instrument."

"No it isn't...You were wrong on the psaltry..."

Again, refer to google images.

"Here's some wisdom that you and yours will benefit from...God doesn't care if you bang two spoons or sticks together...If it is to glorily God, he is pleased..."

So we're cool on the Eucharistic Adoration? Awesome.

I could argue over this, but instead I will just suggest that you go to google images (or your search engine of choice) and search "psaltery," and see what comes up.

Google images do not really provide the answer...I concede I did not go far enough...

Strong's #5035: nebel (pronounced neh'-bel)

or nebel {nay'-bel}; from 5034; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form):--bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.

The secondary meaning is a musical instrument...But what is interesting is whether it be a psaltery or a viol, it is the description of the shape somewhat of a bottle...It's a vessle, capable of holding a liquid...So that would coincide with the main definition of psaltery...

1 Samuel 1:24: "and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD"
1 Samuel 10:3: "loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:"
1 Samuel 25:18: "two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed,"

But while it is also spoken of as a musical instrument, there is no mention of strings attached...Perhaps they used the bottle shaped psalteries as drums...And since those scriptures mention stringed instruments as well, I would lean in that direction...

There is nothing anywhere to indicate we are limited to the use of instruments that were available thousands of years ago...