Xaenorphica

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Etymology

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From the instrument's original German name, Xänorphika.

Noun

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Xaenorphica (plural not attested)

  1. (music) A little-known stringed instrument with a keyboard, invented by Carl Leopold Röllig in 1801.
    • 1895, Otto Ebel, Handbook of Music, Arthur P. Schmidt, page 212
      Xaenorphica. A bow stringed instrument with a Keyboard, invented by Röllig, 1801, the sounds of which were produced by bows set in motion by a pedal.
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