santir, santur (santer)

A variety of dulcimer used in the East. The prototype of our pianoforte is evidently the dulcimer, known at an early time to the Arabs and Persians, who call it santir. It was played by means of two slightly curved sticks. S. K. Art Hand [ book, No. v., [p. 5. Santir, after a Persian painting. (From South Kensington Museum Art Handbook.")