Cimbalom
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The cimbalom is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by V. Josef S
Top view and playing area of a modern concert cimbalom
Concert cimbalom with a range of C to e′′′ made by Vencel József Schunda.
Modern concert cimbalom with a range of AA to a′′′ made by Kovács Balázs.
Hammered dulcimer
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The hammered dulcimer is a percussion-string instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in
Cimbalom
…its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by V. Josef Schunda in 1874 in Budapest, based on his modifications to the existing hammered dulcimer instruments which were already present in Central and Eastern Europe. Today the instrument is mainly played in Hungary, Slovakia, Moravia, Belarus…
A musician playing a diatonic hammered dulcimer
An angel playing a dulcimer and pipe in the c. 1490 fresco Assumption of Mary by Filippino Lippi at Santa Maria sopra Minerva
The Salzburger hackbrett, a chromatic version
Tuning of a hammered dulcimer (southeastern Slovenia)