ravanastron

The ravanastron is a common instrument with the mendicant friars of this order.

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

An example of their simplest form exists in the ravanastron, or banjo-fiddle, supposed to have been invented by

For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Aubertine Woodward Moore 1885

The only other known examples of bowed instruments of primitive type are (1) the _ravanastron_, an instrument of the monochord type, native to India, made to vibrate by a kind of bow with

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884

Still, all the nations around Hindostan have the tradition that the art of playing music by means of a bow is very old, the C.ylonese attributing the invention to one of their kings who reigned about 5000 B.C. Their ravanastron is very crude.

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

The primitive violin was the ravanastron, which the Ceylonese claim to have been invented by one of their kings, who reigned about 5000 B.C.

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

Besides the primitive form of the bowed instrument, the ravanastron

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

The ravanastron he brought home with him from India, and under the name Rebec it found its way into

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874