cimbalom

noun

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.”