Cimbalom

Cimbalom, a Hungarian dulcimer with pedal-operated dampers. Trapezoidal case with canted corners, on four turned legs of stained beech. Walnut casework with moulded framed panels of embossed floral ornament on the sides. Single pedal and lyre. Lockable cover of softwood with veneered walnut sides and ebonised top. Soundboard ebonised with four soundholes. Sloping hitchplank (LH side) and wrestplank (RH side) veneered in ?ash. Two damper-rails raised by central lifterrods connected to the pedal. Thirty-five courses of strings: nineteen quadruple-strung, fifteen trichord, and one bichord. Five sets of individual turned chessmen bridges (?hornbeam) linked by shared bases and wire bearings.