Text: One ofthe most ancient musical instruments, used by various nations in almost all parts ofthe world, and which, in shape and construction, has probably undergone fewer changes thannay other instrument. In its earliest andsimplest form, it consisted of a flat piece of wood, on which were fastened two converging strips of wood, across which strings were stretched tuned to the national scale. The only improvements since made on this type are the adition of a series of pegs, or pins, to regulate the tension of the strings, andtheuse of two flat pieces of wood formed into a resonance box, for the body.

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