arpeggione
| Six-stringed musical instrument invented by G Staufer of Vienna, Austria, in 1823. A hybrid between a cello and a guitar, it has a fretted fingerboard and is played with a bow. |
| Schubert wrote a sonata for it in 1824, which today is usually played in transcription for cello, viola, or clarinet. |
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