Harmonicello

Harmonicello bowed instr. similar to the Baryton, built by Johann Carl Bischoff of Dessau in 1794. It had 5 gut melody strings and 10 metal sympathetic strings; the latter could also be played pizzicato (176, Welcker v. Gontershausen, 1855). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.