Diplo-kithara

Diplo-kithara (Gk.: double kithara), instr. invented ca. 1800 by Edward Light of London, similar to the arpanetta, with 23 wire strings on either side of a soundboard; those on the right side were for the melody, those on the left, for accompaniment (79, 176). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Galpin, Francis W. Old English Instruments of Music. London, 1932. Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.