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PHILOMEL (Fr. Philomele; Ger. Philomele or Stahlgeige) , a musical instrument similar to the violin
philomel has a body
shoulder reminiscent of the viols but more ornate and fanciful. The peg-box sometimes terminates in a fancy head instead of. a scroll
philomel , never used in the orchestra, is the instrument of the dilettanti, frequently played in Germany with the bowed zither. The accordance of the philomel is the same as for the violin
viola . The bowed melodion is similar to the philomel, and has four steel strings of the same accordance as the violin, but arranged in inverse order; instead of being held like the violin and philomel, under the chin, it is placed on the knees of the performer, so that a hook
finger
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