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orpharion|ɔːfəˈraɪən|
Also 6 orpheryon, 7 Orph-Arion, orpharyon, -erion, -erian, -irian, orfarian, (9 orph(e)oreon).
[Composed of the names of Orpheus and Arion, mythical musicians of antiquity. Cf.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster iv. ii, Another Orpheus! an Arion riding on the back of a dolphin.]
A large instrument of the lute kind with from six to nine pairs of metal strings played with a plectrum: much used in the 17th century.
Said to have been invented c 1560 by John Rose, citizen of London, living in Bridewell. See Grove Dict. Mus. II. 612.
1593Drayton Eclogues iii. 111 Set the Cornet with the Flute, The Orpharion to the Lute. 1601P. Rosseter (title) A Booke of Ayres, set foorth to be song to the Lute, Orpherian and Base Violl. c1620W. Lauson in J. D[ennys] Secr. Angling (ed. 2) 153 Wind them on two or three of your fingers, like an Orph-Arion's string. 1626Bacon Sylva §146 It maketh a more Resounding Sound than a Bandora, Orpharion or Cittern, which have likewise Wire⁓strings. 1655tr. Com. Hist. Francion v. 20 To one he Petitioned for a Violl, to another for a Lute, to this Man for an Orfarian. 1825Danneley Encycl. Mus., Orpheoreon or Orphoreon. [1878Grove's Dict. Mus. II. 612 A larger orpheoreon was called Penorcon, and a still larger one Pandore: Prætorius spells this Pandorra or Bandoer.] |