Yep - Strum Stick(tm) is Bob McNally's trademarked name for them. personally I call them American Citterns, as the medieval/Rennaissance cittern is actually very close to what folks call 'stick dulcimers'. Only real differnce is that historical citterns had much larger bodies -- not quite as big as a banjo though...

Hi Ken - Thanks for the correction. I'm very new to these instruments and on a steep learning curve. I was trying to steer clear of using the term "Strum Stick" as I understand that it has been trademarked by Bob McNally.

Peter & Craig -- If you look here in the Groups section, you will find a Group dedicated to "stick dulcimers" - called by a variety of names - but which are not technically dulcimers. A dulcimer, by technical definition, does not have a neck - that is fretboard extending beyond the body of the instrument.