CYMBALUM OR CEMBALUM in green lacquered wood... Lot 335

CYMBALUM OR CEMBALUM in green lacquered wood and gilded decoration of a lyre and branches of foliage in a frame of foliage scrolls End of the XIXth -Early XXth century (In the state) H : 82 - W : 91 - D : 49 cm Instrument with metallic reasoning, with struck strings of the same family as the zither, used mainly in Eastern Europe and in Ukraine. Created in Hungary by Schunda. It has about 150 strings on several rows of bridge over four octaves. The strings are struck with two slightly curved sticks with felt or leather at the ends. It is also called gypsy piano.