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Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; string quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems.
Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; string quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems.


*''ðavr'' = a 4-stringed fiddle, used for the treble register.  
*''ðavr'' V = a 4-stringed fiddle, used for the treble register.  
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7, lowest string = 204 Hz
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7, lowest string = 204 Hz
*''ñams'' = a viol-like 5-stringed bowed string instrument used for the treble and alto register
*''ñams'' V = a viol-like 5-stringed bowed string instrument used for the treble and alto register
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 136 Hz
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 136 Hz
**softwood; arched plates; sound post; should be thicker than a viola and be played vertically
**softwood; arched plates; sound post; should be thicker than a viola and be played vertically
*''ñamsóm'' = an instrument the size of a large cello or small double bass which is tuned an octave lower than a ''ŋams''
*''ñamsóm'' V = an instrument the size of a large cello or small double bass which is tuned an octave lower than a ''ŋams''
**Tuning: 2:3:4:5:7:9, lowest string = 68 Hz
**Tuning: 2:3:4:5:7:9, lowest string = 68 Hz
*''txovíh'' Ⓥ = fretless steel guitar tuned to a hexany; steel frets
*''txovíh'' Ⓥ = fretless steel guitar tuned to a hexany; steel frets
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*viola organista (keyboard instrument with a rosined conveyer belt mechanism for the strings)
*viola organista (keyboard instrument with a rosined conveyer belt mechanism for the strings)
*organ Ⓥ (with ivory-free keys)
*organ Ⓥ (with ivory-free keys)
*''jogóm'' Ⓥ? = an unfretted zither with 60 strings
*''jogóm'' Ⓥ = an unfretted zither with 60 strings
*''teem'' Ⓥ = an oboe
*''teem'' Ⓥ = an oboe
*''fewm'' = a drum
*''fewm'' = a timpani
*diamond marimba Ⓥ
*diamond marimba Ⓥ
This is more of a control mechanism than an instrument:
This is more of a control mechanism than an instrument:
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Horse hair in bows are considered vegetarian but not vegan.
Horse hair in bows are considered vegetarian but not vegan.


(V is shown next to vegetarian instruments; VV is shown next to vegan ones.)
(V is shown next to vegetarian instruments; is shown next to vegan ones.)


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