hammered dulcimer

English

Alternative forms

• hammer dulcimer

Noun

hammered dulcimer (plural hammered dulcimers)

1. (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)