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Lyre-guitars

Scope note

Guitars developed in late 18th-century France, in the form of a modified lyre with a fretted fingerboard between the two lyrelike curving arms and having from six to nine strings.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042858

Broader Terms used

guitars

Equivalent Terms used

lyre-guitar

Created

13yrs ago

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