N-VARViols are a family of musical instruments that are made of wood and have six strings. You play the viol with a bow while sitting down. 六弦提琴
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By seveno'clock the orchestra has arrived—nothin five-piece affair, buta whole pitful ofoboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums.