zimbalon

Noun

cimbalom (plural cimbaloms)

1. A type of concert hammered dulcimer used primarily in the music of Central and Eastern Europe.
   • Either/Or, including Anthony Burr, clarinetist; Jane Rigler, flutist; and Richard Carrick and David Shively, percussionists, also employed the cimbalom, the Hungarian pianolike mutant whose twang remains familiar to boozy evenings in late-night Central European bars.2007 September 17, Bernard Holland, “Cryptic Messages or Silence From the ’60s Avant-Garde”, in New York Times