Xaenorphica

English

Alternative forms

• Xenorphica

Etymology

From the instrument's original German name, Xänorphika.

Noun

Xaenorphica (plural not attested)

1. (music) A little-known stringed instrument with a keyboard, invented by Carl Leopold Röllig in 1801.
   • 1895, Otto Ebel, Handbook of Music, Arthur P. Schmidt, page 212

     Xaenorphica. A bow stringed instrument with a Keyboard, invented by Röllig, 1801, the sounds of which were produced by bows set in motion by a pedal.