Santour Hammered Dulcimer Stringed

Also known as the santur or santoor. This instrument is a hammered dulcimer, and has two types: the Indian and the Persian Santoor. The Persian santoor is wider than the box-like Indian version. Both are wooden stringed instruments played by hitting the strings with a light mallet.

• Arash Dejkam's Iran Pages - Description of the Persian santoor and MP3 of solo performance.
• Santour - Description, music and video files.
• The Ethnic Musical Instrument Company - Description, origins, tuning tips and brief outline of how to dulcimer play the instrument.
• WebIndia123 - Santoor - Brief description of the instrument.
• Santur (Santoor) - Indian Hammered Dulcimer - Description, playing positions, pictures and origin of the hammered instrument.

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