Arpi-guitare

Arpi-guitare (Fr.), guitar in form of a small harp, with an elongated, narrow body and a fretted fingerboard in lieu of a pillar, with 7 strings, and a pegbox terminating in a carved animal head. A large rose is set in the soundhole. The strings are secured to a guitar-type string fastener. A creation of the 19th c. (132). Mahillon, Victor. Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire de Bruxelles. 1893–1922.