This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 321.312 under that system. These instruments may be known as spike box lutes or spike guitars.
Short-necked three-stringed
lute with sympathetic and drone strings, fretted and plucked with a
plectrum, with a double-chambered body, the lower part of which is covered in skin, and with three main strings
Three-stringed fretless plucked instrument, with a box covered in snakeskin.
References
von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann". The Galpin Society Journal. 14. Galpin Society: 3–29.
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