Bar'yton

Bar'yton (Viola di Bardone), an old chamber-instrument, somewhat like the viol di gamba in tone: had a broader finger-board, with six or seven gut-strings, while under the neck there were from nine to twenty-four strings of brass wire, which were pinched with the point of the thumb, to produce a sound, while the gut-strings were acted on by a bow. For the baryton voice, see BARITONE.