Cümbüş
- Date
- 1930 · confidence medium
- Place
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Credited to
- Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Turkish stringed instrument with an aluminum resonator body and skin soundboard, similar to a banjo, devised by Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş as a louder alternative to the oud for ensemble playing.
What it led to
- Adaptation of the cümbüş into guitar, mandolin and ukulele formats
- Popularization in 20th-century Turkish popular music
- Influence on hybrid plucked-string instruments
- Industrial production at the Cümbüş factory in Istanbul