santoor

santoor
san·toor or san·tur (sänʹto͝or') n.
A Persian dulcimer typically having two bridges and numerous strings, played with a pair of wooden sticks with curved ends.
  [Arabic sanṭīr, sanṭūr, from Greek psaltērion, psaltery. See psaltery.]

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