Strohfiddel may refer to:
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Xylophone
The xylophone (; ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Like the glockenspiel (which uses metal bars), the xylophone essentially consists of a set of tuned wooden keys arranged in the ...
, based on the German term ''strohfiedel'', referring to the straw bundles (''stroh'') which supported the keys.
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Dulcigurdy, an instrument depicted in 17th century musical texts, often mislabeled as ''strohfiddel'' due to its proximity to a xylophone in a 1618 engraving in ''
Syntagma Musicum
''Syntagma Musicum (1614-1620)'' is a musical treatise in three volumes by the German composer, organist, and music theorist Michael Praetorius. It was published in Wittenberg and Wolfenbüttel. It is one of the most commonly used research source ...
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