Noted musicians who play the hammered dulcimer include the following:

• Matthew Abelson
• Azam Ali (santur)

• Billy Bennington
• Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor)
• Blue Man Group
• Basia Bulat (occasionally, main instrument is autoharp)
• Botanist

• Evan Carawan (multi-instrumentalist)
• Guy Carawan (multi-instrumentalist)
• Dorothy Carter (multi-instrumentalist)
• Mitzie Collins
• Russell Cook
• Jimmy Cooper
• Jim Couza

• Malcolm Dalglish
• Constance Demby

• Chris Funk (multi-instrumentalist, plays occasionally)

• Lisa Gerrard (yangqin)

• Dana Hamilton
• Sue Harris
• Steve Hogarth (multi-instrumentalist, mainly keyboard player)
• Brenda Hunter

• Ardavan Kamkar (santur)

• Dan Landrum
• Laraaji
• James Lascelles
• Sigi Lemmerer (hackbrett)
• Arjen Lucassen

• John McCutcheon
• Parviz Meshkatian (santur)
• Ion Miu (cimbalom)
• Rich Mullins (multi-instrumentalist)
• Tom MacKenzie

• New Victory Band (Christine Coe)
• Joanna Newsom (mainly known for harp)
• Simon Nicol (mainly known for guitar)

• Carl Palmer (in Still...You Turn Me On)
• Chet Parker
• Faramarz Payvar (santur)
• Neil Peart (mainly known for drums)
• Brendan Perry (yangqin)
• Kate Price

• John Rea
• Sam Rizzetta

• Maggie Sansone
• Timothy Seaman
• Rahul Sharma (santoor)
• Shivkumar Sharma (santoor)
• Geoff Smith
• Bill Spence

• Richard Thompson (mainly known for guitar)
• Trapezoid

• Paul Van Arsdale

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• Collin Walcott (mainly known for sitar, tabla and percussion)
• Joemy Wilson
• Steven Wilson (mainly known for guitar and keyboard)