cimbalom
Sign in to saveThe cimbalom (; ; also cimbal or concert cimbalom) is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by V. Josef Schunda in 1874 in Budapest, based on his modifications to the existing hammered dulcimer instruments which were already present in Central and Eastern Europe.
Key facts
- Instrument.related
- hammered dulcimer santoor tsymbaly yangqin
- Instrument.name
- Cimbalom
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.image
- Cimbalom (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- Top view and playing area of a modern concert cimbalom
- Instrument.classification
- String instrument (struck or plucked) Chordophone
- Instrument.range
- Various (see below)
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Characteristics
- Compositions for cimbalom
- Classical and contemporary music
- Film and television
- Rock
- Schools of performance
- Belarus
- Croatia
- Moravia
- France
- Greece
- Hungary
- Moldova
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Ukraine
- References
- External links
The cimbalom (; ; also cimbal or concert cimbalom) is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by V. Josef Schunda in 1874 in Budapest, based on his modifications to the existing hammered dulcimer instruments which were already present in Central and Eastern Europe.
Today the instrument is mainly played in Hungary, Slovakia, Moravia, Belarus, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.