Baryton do luthier George Cassis 1986 (baseado em modelos vienenses do séc. 18, fotografado no National Museu of American History, do Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., em julho de 2009 e postado no Flickr por stevelewalready). Tem 6 + 9 cordas.
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Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang’s father, described the baryton as “one of the most charming of instruments. Like the gamba, it has six or seven strings. It has, however, a very wide neck, the back of which is hollow and open and into which nine or ten brass and steel strings are inserted, which may be plucked by the thumb while the principal part is played with the bow on the gut strings.” These un-fingered wire strings also vibrate sympathetically with the bowed strings. Mozart claims: “The word baryton comes from the Italian Bordone, which means a Tenor Voice; and means also a large string, a drone, and the soft humming of bees. He who knows this instrument will agree that the word Bordone rightly describes its tone.
The sympathetic strings may be plucked with the thumb of the left hand.
The bridge holds the six bowed strings. Under its widely spread feet, the nine metal sympathetic strings,
lying close to the belly of the instrument, cross their own long, low, and straight bridge.
http://smithsonianchambermusic.org/about/baryton
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Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang’s father, described the baryton as “one of the most charming of instruments. Like the gamba, it has six or seven strings. It has, however, a very wide neck, the back of which is hollow and open and into which nine or ten brass and steel strings are inserted, which may be plucked by the thumb while the principal part is played with the bow on the gut strings.” These un-fingered wire strings also vibrate sympathetically with the bowed strings. Mozart claims: “The word baryton comes from the Italian Bordone, which means a Tenor Voice; and means also a large string, a drone, and the soft humming of bees. He who knows this instrument will agree that the word Bordone rightly describes its tone.
The sympathetic strings may be plucked with the thumb of the left hand.
The bridge holds the six bowed strings. Under its widely spread feet, the nine metal sympathetic strings,lying close to the belly of the instrument, cross their own long, low, and straight bridge.
http://smithsonianchambermusic.org/about/baryton
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