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The Soul of a Traditional Hungarian Folk Ensemble

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The cimbalom, in other words, the hammered dulcimer of the Hungarian folk musicians, is the basis of their orchestra. The cimbalom we know today was perhaps developed in 13th C. Persia. In Iran and the Caucasus region it has remained popular to the present day, under the name of santur. The original version of the cimbalom, placed on a table and having neither legs nor damper pedal, once enjoyed popularity throughout Europe, from Austria to Britain and from Spain to Italy. In ...
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Making The Cimbalom

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How to Repair Broken Cimbaloms? In this page Alex Udvary would like to share with you a few tricks and tips on repairing broken cimbaloms. If you visit this website for the first time and do not know what  a cimbalom is, you can read a short description that tells you the origins, the types and the availability of cimbaloms . Alex is a definite expert on his field as he does this as a ...
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What Is The Cimbalom?

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The cimbalom is the hammered dulcimer of Hungarian folk musicians, the basis of their orchestra. The cimbalom we know today was perhaps developed in 13th C. Persia. In Iran and the Caucasus region it has remained popular to the present day, under the name of santur. The original version of the cimbalom, placed on a table and having neither legs nor damper pedal, once enjoyed popularity throughout Europe, from Austria to Britain and from Spain to ...
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