Aliquot-Streichflöte

Aliquot-Streichflöte (Ger.: aliquot bowed flute), improved *nail violin, patented 1888 by P. J. Brambach of Marburg, with bent iron nails raised by the motion of keys to an aperture in the lid, where they were bowed with a violin bow. The instr. was named for its flute-like tone. Compass c1–a3 (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.