DESCRIPTION:
Philippe Dib Playing Santur. (Santoor)

Santoor (Persian: سنتور‎, also santūr, santour, santur) is an Iranian hammered dulcimer, consisting of a trapezoidal box of horizontal strings, played with small mallets known as mezrab. Its origins might be traced back to the Indian Santoor which has been referred to as shatatantri vina (100-stringed vina) in ancient Sanskrit texts. The Iranian classical santur has 72 strings of brass or copper and steel, 18 sets of four tuned in unison, with two or three rows of bridges providing a range of some three octaves.