Çeng

The çeng is a Turkish harp. It was a popular Ottoman instrument until the last quarter of the 17th century.

Çeng
Classification
Hornbostel–Sachs classification322.12
(Angular open harp)
Related instruments

The ancestor of the Ottoman harp is thought to be an instrument seen in ancient Assyrian tablets. While a similar instrument also appears in Egyptian drawings.

The çeng belongs to the family of instruments known in organology as "open harps", which are further divided into the "bow harps" and the "square harps". The çeng is in the latter groups.

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