This folk instrument, played in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as a Central European tradition, has strings that are struck with small hammers and developed from the plucked psaltery. Related instruments also appear across Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Poland, Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria. Which instrument is this?

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Hammered dulcimer. The hammered dulcimer, played by striking the strings with small hammers, is a traditional Central European folk instrument. Both the Czech Republic and Slovakia feature it, along with Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Poland, Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria.