Baryton
OriginGermany
Year1700
FamilyString
About the Baryton
A bowed string instrument with sympathetic strings. Over 100 strings on some models. Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy demanded Haydn write 175 baryton trios. The plucked sympathetic strings accompany the bowed melody. The most demanding string instrument ever devised according to some.
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