The artifact, called Queen Puabi's lyre, is one of four lyres that Woolley discovered in one large, elite tomb ... these harps are the world's oldest stringed instruments ever discovered.

A violin is the highest pitched string instrument and a double ... You probably won't have access to a large collection of orchestral instruments at home or in school. Remember, electronic ...

One of the country's oldest instruments ... Resembling a harp or a large lyre, trapezium-shaped and about a metre tall, it has 10 strings —- traditionally made from sheep's intestines ...

Gaspard Duiffopruggar (1514-c. 1571) was born in Bavaria and settled in Lyon, France. He was the principal member of a large family of string instrument makers known also by the names Tieffenbrucker, ...