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RAVANASTRON , an Indian stringed instrument played with a bow, used by wandering pilgrims. A Hindu tradition affirms that the musical bow was invented before 3000 B.C. by Ravanon, king of Ceylon
instrument for which he invented it was named after him Ravanastron.1 Judging from precedent, it is probable that the ravanastron of the present day has changed little, if at all, for many centuries. It consists of half a round gourd, over which is fixed a sound
body
body
bridge
string
The ravanastron is regarded by some writers as the first ancestor of the violin
account of the alleged invention of the bow for use with it. This theory can only be accepted by those who consider the bow, which after all was common to such inferior instruments
sound
instruments
fiddle
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