GUITAR. This word comes probably from the Greek, Cithara, and the Hebrew, Heb. כנורCinnor.Cinnor. But the form of the Guitar is very different from that of the ancient Cithara and the Cinnor of the Hebrews. The Cithara, or old Harp, was mounted in such a manner, that the strings were stretched from the top to the bottom, supported by two sorts of arms, fastened below to a hollow sounding belly, and at the top to a cross piece of wood, which reached from one arm to the other, to which likewise the strings were tied.
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