CHAP. III.] 



STRING ED INSTRUMENTS. 



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CHAPTEE III. 



STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. 



I. ANCIENT STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. 



STRINGED instruments may be traced from the most remote 

 period. We know that David played on the harp before the 

 ark sacred to the Jews, and the sounds which he drew forth were so 

 melodious that Saul was preserved from being tormented by the devil. 

 It is not known whether this harp was the hazar, the kinnor, or the 



F/G. 90. The hazar of the Jews. 



FKJ. 91. The nebel. 



nebel, represented by figures 90, 91, 92, and 93. But it is certain 

 that the term always refers to instruments composed of a sounding- 

 box of wood or metal, to strengthen the notes of the strings stretched 



