Editing Dulcimer (section)

==Hammered dulcimers==
The word ''dulcimer'' originally referred to a trapezoidal [[zither]] similar to a [[psaltery]] whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers".<ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite web |title=The Hammered Dulcimer |url=https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hammered-dulcimer |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=February 28, 2022}}</ref> Variants of this instrument are found in many cultures, including:
* [[Hammered dulcimer]] (England, Scotland, United States)
* [[Hackbrett]] (southern [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]])
* [[Tsymbaly]] ([[Ukraine]]), [[tsimbl]] ([[Ashkenazi Jewish]]), [[țambal]] ([[Romania]]) and [[cimbalom]] ([[Hungary]]) may refer to either a relatively small folk instrument or a larger classical instrument. The [[santouri]] ([[Greece]]) (called "santur" in the [[Ottoman Empire]]) is almost identical to the Jewish and Romanian folk instruments.
* [[Santur]] ([[Iran]] and [[Iraq]])
* [[Santoor]] (northern [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]) is constructed and tuned differently from the santur of Iran and Iraq
* [[Khim]] ([[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]])
* [[Yangqin]] ([[China]]), [[Đàn tam thập lục]] ([[Vietnam]]), [[yanggeum]] ([[Korea]])