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pantaleon|pænˈtæliːən|
Also -lon, -lone, -loon.
[Named after Pantaleon Hebenstreit, a German, who invented the instrument in 1705.]
A musical instrument: a large dulcimer having one or two hundred strings, sounded by hammers or sticks held in the player's hands.
1757A. Linde tr. Keysler's Trav. Germany IV. lxxxvi. 125 M. Panthaleon Hebenstreit, never refuses to gratify strangers with a sight of the Panthaleon, a musical instrument called by his own name, who was the inventor of it. 1774Wraxall Tour North. Europe ii. (1775) 11 She plays on an instrument resembling our spinet, and which they call a pantaloon. 1838Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XVI. 790/2 Pantalone. 1880A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 645 Pantaleon or Pantalon, a very large Dulcimer invented and played upon in the early part of the last century by Pantaleon Hebenstreit, whose name was transferred to the instrument by Louis XIV. The name was also given in Germany to horizontal pianofortes with the hammers striking downwards. |