Franz Liszt in some passages of the Hungarian Rhapsodies emulates the sound of the hammer dulcimer which was known as the cimbalom at that time.
The Cimbalom is a hammer dulcimer on steroids. I did a number of shows with a Hungarian Gypsy while he was touring the US and sitting in with some philharmonics here in the eastern US. Guy traveled the world his whole life playing that thing. Amazing instrument in the right hands.