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A hammered dulcimer, like an autoharp, harp, or piano, requires a tuning wrench for tuning, since the dulcimer's strings are wound around tuning pins with square heads. (Ordinarily, 5 mm "zither pins" are used, similar to, but smaller in diameter than piano tuning pins, which come in various sizes ranging upwards from "1/0" or 7 mm.)
314.122 With resonator box - the piano is part of this subdivision. Autoharp (United States) Bandura ; Bulbul tarang ; Dulce melos; Dulcimer; Épinette des Vosges (Vosges mountains) Gusli (Russia, Ukraine) Hammered dulcimer; Piano; Scheitholt; Zither; 314.2 Board zither variations. 314.21 Ground zithers. 314.22 Harp zithers.
Smith is considered to be one of the world's leading players of the hammered dulcimer. In performance, he plays three custom-built prototype dulcimers sequentially - diatonic, chromatic and a microtonal model featuring 'fluid tuning', i.e. such that individual notes may be tuned at (by) precise microtonal intervals.
Paul Gifford and Karl-Heinz Schickhaus have researched the salterio in 18th century Italy; there are instruments with up to eight strings per course (i.e. 8 strings tuned to the same note and played all together, like a 12-string guitar or the middle and upper notes of a piano), made in places like Venice, Florence, Brescia, Milan, and Triente [citation needed], and signed by ten different makers.
A type of Hammer dulcimer Yangqin: China Pitched Chordophone Type of hammered dulcimer. Yuka: Congo Unpitched Membranophone Made from a hollowed out avocado trunk with a leather membrane. Zabumba: Brazil Unpitched 211.212.1 Membranophone Zatula: Ukraine Unpitched 112.2 Idiophone Zill: Asia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey Unpitched 111.142 Idiophone
The tsymbaly (Ukrainian: цимбали) is the Ukrainian version of the hammer dulcimer. It is a chordophone made up of a trapezoidal box with metal (steel or bronze) strings strung across it. The tsymbaly is played by striking two beaters against the strings. The strings are strung in groups of 3–5, which are tuned in unison.
The modern Hungarian concert cimbalom was designed and created by V. Josef Schunda in 1874 in Budapest based on his modifications to existing folk dulcimers. [1] He demonstrated an early prototype with some improvements at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair, gaining praise from audiences and drawing the attention of highly-placed Hungarian politicians such as József Zichy, Gyula Andrássy, and King ...
Brenda J. Hunter is an American musician and composer best known as a hammered dulcimer player. She also plays Irish fiddle, Celtic harp, and classical piano, with the latter influence evident in her particular style on the dulcimer and harp.