This article is about the stringed instrument; for the
percussion instrument consisting of a
metal disk see
cymbal. The cimbalom (most common spelling), cymbalom, cymbalum (see Trivia), ţambal, tsymbaly, tsimbl, santouri, or santur is a type of
hammered dulcimer found mainly in the music of
Hungary,
Romania,
Moldova,
Ukraine,
Greece and
Iran. In Czechoslovakia it was also known as a cimbal.
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box zither of Hungary, related to earlier hammered folk zithers, see Hammered Dulcimer.
CEMBALO. SALTERIO. DULCIMER