Knaverharpa

Knaverharpa obs. Swed. instr. believed to have been identical with the nyckelharpa, as keys were sometimes called knavrar. The term occurred in the 18th c. and the instr. is known to have been in use in the late 17th c., possibly in the 16th (9). Anderssen, Otto. The Bowed-Harp. London, 1930.