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Violins

Scope note

The soprano members of the violin family, having a hollow, resonating body with an incurved waist, arched top and back, and two F-shaped holes cut in the top, a neck terminating in a pegbox and scroll, a bridge, and four strings.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042215

Broader Terms used

<violin family instruments>

Equivalent Terms used

violin

Created

12yrs ago

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