Violin
Instruments
The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the... Wikipedia
Related instruments: Electric violin, Bass violin, Violino piccolo, and more
Developed: Early 16th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 321.322-71; (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow)
Other names: fiddle