monochord

• The first instrument the Italian researchers worked on re-creating was a monochord, an instrument played by Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician and scientist. —  Signs of the Times
• The successful remodelling of the monochord showed that the researchers could move on to re-create the sounds of other instruments. —  Signs of the Times
• The monochord: Consisting of a single string stretched over a sound box with a movable bridge, this instrument was used as a scientific instrument for measuring musical intervals in Ancient Greece —  Signs of the Times
• How soon keys were added to the monochord, as this measuring instrument was named, cannot positively be ascertained. —  For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music
• In every place rose the sound of lyre and drum and shepherd's pipe, bagpipe, psaltery, cymbals, monochord, and all manner of music. —  Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut

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