santur

Also known as santoor

The santur ( ; ) is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin.

Key facts

Instrument.name: Santur
Instrument.image: Santur babylon2.jpg
Instrument.background: string
Instrument.classification: Struck
Instrument.range: 130px|center
Instrument.related: Qanun
Instrument.sound sample: thumb|Sadeghi-Dehlavi-Concertino for Santur by Faramarz Payvar.
Instrument.image_capt: The archetype of the instrument carried horizontally and struck with two sticks, found in iconographical documents in ancient Babylon (1600-911 BCE) and Neo-Assyria (911-612 BCE).

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Name
Description
Derivations
Iraqi santur
Notable players
Iran
Iraq
Greece
India
Germany
Poland
Turkey
Lebanon
From around the world
See also
Gallery
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

The santur ( ; ) is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin.

==History== thumb|Woman playing a santur, early 19th century, in Qajar Iran. The santur was invented and developed in Persia and its region. The earliest sign of it coming from Assyrian and Babylonian stone carvings (669 B.C.); it shows the instrument being played while hanging from the player's neck.

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