The dulcimer was a musical instrument consisting of a resonance-board over which wires were stretched, these being struck by hammers held by the performer. The instrument was known to the Persians and Arabs and used in Hungary where it was called a czimbalom. Research Dulcimer
The kanoon or canun, is a plucked musical instrument of the dulcimer type formerly played by the women of harems to accompany their singing, the sound brought out by plectra thimbles made of tortoiseshell pointed with coconut wood and worn on the ends of the fingers. Originally it had seventy-two strings, now they are made with between fifty and sixty strings. Research Kanoon
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