cimbalomn.
/ˈsɪmbələm/, /ˈsɪmbl̩əm/, U.S. /ˈsɪmbələm/ = cymbalo n.
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1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 468/2 Its [sc. the dulcimer's] European use is now limited to the semi-oriental gypsy bands in Hungary and Transylvania. The Magyar name is ‘cimbelom’.
1910 F. W. Galpin Old Eng. Instruments of Mus. iv. 66 The large Dulcimer, used in Hungarian Bands at the present time, is known by the Magyar musicians as the zimbalom.
1925 Glasgow Herald 17 Oct. 6/2 The zimbalon, which is an improved type of dulcimer, has been honoured with a d.-s. record made by Nitza Godolban.
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 169/2 Cimbal, cimbalom, cimbelom, the dulcimer.
1961 Times 13 May 5/1 His cimbalom recital..last night was the first in Britain since 1767.
1969 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 17/1 The recital by John Leach on the Hungarian folk instrument, the cimbalom (a kind of dulcimer) at the Purcell Room last night, attractively mixed popular music with more serious works.
1975 New Yorker 19 May 90/1 I spent two weeks in Shiraz and Persepolis, listening for hours every day to percussion from all over the world:..to varieties of dulcimer (zither, santir, zimbalon).
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