ORPHARION

Etymology

Noun

orpharion (plural orpharions)

(music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.

Source: Wiktionary


Or*pha"ri*on, n. (Mus.)

Definition: An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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