What is Hammered dulcimer?
{{Infobox instrument |name=Hammered Dulcimer |names=[[Cimbalom]]<br/>Dulcimer<br />Four-hammer dulcimer<br/>Hammer dulcimer<br />[[German language|de]]: Hackbrett<br/>[[Italian language|it]]: Salterio<br/>[[Spanish language|es]]: Dulcémele<br/>[[Polish language|pl]]: Cymbały<br/>[[Persian language|fa]]: [[Santoor]], [[Santur]]<br/>[[Ukrainian language|uk]]: Tsymbaly<br/>[[French language|fr]]: Tympanon<br/>[[Chinese language|zh]]: [[Yangqin]]<br/>[[Korean language|ko]]: Yanggeum<br/> [[Khmer language|kh]]: ឃឹម Khim<br/> [[Vietnamese language|vi]]: Tam Thập Lục<br/> [[Thai language|th]]: ขิม Khim<br/>[[Tatar language|tt]]: чимбал çimbal |image=Hammered_dulcimer.JPG |image_capt=a musician playing a Diatonic Hammered Dulcimer |background=string |classification=[[Percussion instrument]] ([[Chordophone]]), [[String instrument]] |hornbostel_sachs=314.122-4 |hornbostel_sachs_desc=Simple [[chordophone]] sounded by hammers |developed=Antiquity |range= |related=[[Zither|Alpine Zither]], [[Appalachian Dulcimer]], [[Autoharp]], [[Board zither|Board Zither]], [[Zither|Concert Zither]], [[Psaltery]] |musicians= |builders= |midi=015/016 |articles= }} The '''hammered dulcimer''' (also called the '''hammer dulcimer''', '''dulcimer''', or '''tympanon''') is a [[percussion]]-[[string instrument|stringed instrument]] which consists of strings typically stretched over a [[trapezoid]]al resonant [[sound board (music)|sound board]]. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammered Dulcimer}} [[Category:Early musical instruments]] {{music-stub}}