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polychord, a. and n.|ˈpɒlɪkɔːd|
Also 7 -cord.
[ad. Gr. πολυχόρδ-ος many-stringed, f. πολυ-, poly- + χορδή chord.]
A. adj. Having many strings, as a musical instrument.
1674Playford Skill Mus. i. 60 He with his Harp, or Polycord Lyra, expressed such effectual melody. 1728North Mem. Music (1846) 43 It was plainely revealed by the polychord instruments. 1899A. Layard Mus. Bogeys 36 The Poly-chord Bogey performs on three strings.
B. n.
1. An instrument having ten gut strings, resembling a double-bass without a neck, played with a bow or with the fingers; invented by F. Hillmer of Leipzig in 1799, but never generally used.
1838Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XVIII. 311/1.
2. Trade-name for a kind of octave-coupler.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Polychord,..an apparatus which couples two octave notes, and can be affixed to any piano-forte or similar instrument with keys. |