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orpharion

type of plucked stringed instrument
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orpharion

Summary

orpharion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • orpharion is credited with the discovery of John Rose, sr[2].
  • orpharion is a type of necked, flat-backed, plucked lute[3].
  • orpharion is a type of Multi-scale fingerboard[4].
  • orpharion's Commons category is recorded as Orpharion[5].
  • orpharion's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.322-5[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include necked, flat-backed, plucked lute[3] and Multi-scale fingerboard[4].

Why It Matters

orpharion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[1] orpharion has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] orpharion is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_orpharion_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{orpharion}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/orpharion}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 22h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → John Rose, sr
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → necked, flat-backed, plucked lute, Multi-scale fingerboard
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532197805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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