Cimbal

Cimbal 1. 15th-c. var. of cymbala (188); 2. name of the dulcimer in Ger.-speaking countries, obs. now except in the Austrian Alps and Appenzell, Switzerland. Majer in the 18th c. used the expression as syn. of Hackbrett, the more common Ger. term (“Cimbal heisset sonst auch Hackbrett”). Most frequently encountered size of extant instrs. is one with trichord stringing and a compass C0–c3 (117, 134, 187). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Theobald, Wilhelm. “Technik des Handwerks…