string instrument

musical instrument that generates tones by one or more strings stretched between two points
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string instrument

Summary

string instrument is a family of musical instruments[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of family_of_musical_instruments entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (660 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • string instrument's image is recorded as StringInstruMAPDF.JPG[3].
  • string instrument's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[4].
  • string instrument's GND ID is recorded as 4129455-5[5].
  • string instrument's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85129118[6].
  • string instrument's subclass of is recorded as chordophone[7].
  • string instrument's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00816642[8].
  • string instrument's Commons category is recorded as String instruments[9].
  • string instrument's has part is recorded as string[10].
  • string instrument's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d8lm[11].
  • string instrument's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph370253[12].
  • string instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:String instruments[13].
  • string instrument's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300203062[14].
  • string instrument's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 787[15].
  • string instrument's PSH ID is recorded as 10239[16].
  • string instrument's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 400958[17].
  • string instrument's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0172103[18].
  • string instrument's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 32eca297-dde6-45d0-9305-ae479947c2a8[19].
  • string instrument's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • string instrument's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[21].
  • string instrument's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000137413[22].
  • string instrument's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/stringed-instrument[23].
  • string instrument's topic has template is recorded as Template:String musical instruments[24].
  • string instrument's BBC Things ID is recorded as 8b5eb014-d1d5-4907-b61c-8030208b8f63[25].
  • string instrument's YSO ID is recorded as 30216[26].
  • string instrument's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00074695n[27].

Why It Matters

string instrument ranks in the top 9% of family_of_musical_instruments entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (660 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_string-instrument_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{string instrument}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/string-instrument}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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