Violin

The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments... Wikipedia

• Other names:  fiddle
• Hornbostel–Sachs classification:  321.322-71, (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow)
• Developed:  Early 16th century
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo