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Romuz

Romuz bowed chordophone of Persia, invented in 1875 by Khossor of Hama-dan, a combination of tar and kamānja with 4 or 5 strings. Ca. 90 cm. (3 ft.) long (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.

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