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
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)
Khim
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The khim is a stringed musical instrument derived from the Mesopotamian or Persian Santur. It is similar to the Hammered Dulcimer or Cimbalom. This khim was introduced to Thailand from China, where a
A butterfly-shape khim with two hammers
Thai boy playing a khim
Cambodian playing the khim. These musicians are amputees, victims of landmines.
A khene player in Isan.