Go to www.classicalchops.org for more interviews with famous musicians! Classical Chops interviews percussionist Chester Englander who demonstrates playing the cimbalom.
There is a very nice dissertation called "The Cimbalom World" written by Tarras Baran (on file at the U. of Kansas library) which is very worth reading for further highly detailed history.
There is a very nice dissertation called "The Cimbalom World" written by Tarras Baran (on file at the U. of Kansas library) which is very worth reading for further highly detailed history.