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Hammered Dulcimer

Large trapezoidal zither with many strings in pairs, 3s or 4s stretched over long (sometimes individually moveable) bridges. Played with small wooden or cane hammers. Played in british isles and north america. Closely related to the hungarian cymbalom, german/swiss hackbrett, iraqi and iranian santir (probably the origin of all of these), indian santoor, korean yangum and chinese yang qin.

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