hammered dulcimer

English

Alternative forms

hammer dulcimer

Noun

hammered dulcimer (plural hammered dulcimers)

(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.

See also

Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Translations

a trapezoidal zither with metal strings

Finnish: dulcimer

Irish: téadchlár casúr m

See also

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