types:
banjo
a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
corde
stringed instruments that are played with a bow
chordophone
a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
clavicorde
an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
tympanon
a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
guitare
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
piano
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
sitar
a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
cithare
a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
balalaïka
a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
violoncelle
a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
tympanon
a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
piano à queue
a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
harpe
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
clavecin
a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
guitare hawaïenne
guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
luth
chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
mandoline
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
piano mécanique,
pianola
a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
ukulele
a small guitar having four strings
viole
any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
alto,
violon alto
a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
violon
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow