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Spike fiddles

Scope note

Bowed lutelike chordophones, having a long neck which passes diametrically through the soundbox to protrude as a spike or stub at the lower end to which the strings are attached. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000196302

Broader Terms used

<lutelike chordophones: bowed>

Term used for

fiddles, spike

Equivalent Terms used

spike fiddle

Created

13yrs ago

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