hammered dulcimer

English

Alternative forms

hammer dulcimer

Noun

hammered dulcimer (plural hammered dulcimers)

(music) A type of dulcimer whose metal strings are stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board that has two bridges, one bass and one treble, set on a stand and played with small mallet-like hammers.

Derived terms

hammered dulcimerist

Translations

a trapezoidal zither with metal strings

Finnish: dulcimer
Hindi: संतूर m (santūr)
Irish: téadchlár casúr m
Marathi: संतूर m (santūr)
Swedish: hackbräde (sv) n

See also

Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

See also

양금 (yanggeum)
揚琴／扬琴 (yángqín)

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