santur
Sign in to saveThe santur ( ; ) is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin.
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- thumb|Sadeghi-Dehlavi-Concertino for Santur by Faramarz Payvar.
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- 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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- Iraqi santur
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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.