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List of string instruments

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  • Appalachian dulcimer (United States)
  • Berimbau (Brazil)
  • Cimbalom (Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania)
  • Chapman stick (United States)
  • Chapman Stick
  • Grand Stick
  • Bass Stick
  • Chitarra battente, a.k.a. "knocking guitar" (Italy)
  • Clavichord (keyboard instrument)
  • Clavinet (electric keyboard instrument)
  • Đàn tam thập lục (Vietnam)
  • Hammered dulcimer
  • Khim (Thailand and Cambodia)
  • Piano (Keyboard instrument)
  • Santur/Santoor (Persia, India, Pakistan, Greece)
  • Tsymbaly (Ukraine)
  • Warr guitar
  • Yanggeum (Korea)
  • Yangqin (China)

    • Other methods

  • Aeolian harp (air movement)
  • Hurdy-gurdy (rotating wheel, similar in effect to a bow)
  • Long String Instrument, (by Ellen Fullman, strings are rubbed in, and vibrate in the longitudinal mode)
  • Magnetic Resonance Piano, (strings activated by electromagnetic fields)

    • Struck

  • Clavichord
  • Clavinet
  • Piano
  • Fortepiano
  • Pedal Piano
  • Tangent piano

    • Plucked

  • Clavicymbalum
  • Harpsichord
  • Archicembalo
  • Lautenwerck
  • Spinet
  • Virginal
  • Xenorphica

    • Bowed

  • Nyckelharpa
  • Hurdy-gurdy
  • Viola organista
  • Wheelharp

    • Other/hybrid

  • Magnetic Resonance Piano

    • References

    List of string instruments Wikipedia
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