One of the world's most celebrated salterio players, Franziska Fleischanderl is an artist who has set out to remake the reputation and repertoire of her instrument in the Early Music community. Franziska was born in Linz, Austria. At the age of four, she first heard the dulcimer and immediately fell in love with its clear, ethereal sound. After completing two master's degrees in hammered dulcimer, at the recommendation of Andrea Marcon she purchased a historical hammered dulcimer from 1725, built by Michele Barbi in Rome. Her introduction to this remarkable instrument, known historically as the salterio, marked a significant turning point in her professional work. Franziska embarked on several years of research in Italy, which revealed that the salterio was by no means an exotic and marginal instrument during the Baroque era, but rather played a substantial and previously unrecognized role in the music of the time. Her dissertation (PhD 2021, Leiden University), which will soon be published as a book, is the first major study on the history, repertoire, and playing technique of the baroque salterio. Franziska Fleischanderl seeks first and foremost to apply her knowledge artistically in her performance practice. She is the first modern musician to make the baroque salterio resonate again in all its historical playing techniques (battuto-playing with hammers, finger-pizzicato, and plectra-pizzicato), exploring the immense timbral richness of this exceptional instrument.