Assertion: stringed instrument's string | /r/MadeOf | silk
Facets:
value: on certain instruments
type: LOCATION
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Stringed instrument , any musical instrument that produces sound by the vibration of stretched strings , which may be made of vegetable fibre, metal, animal gut, silk, or artificial materials such as plastic or nylon.
text: The three strings are traditionally made of silk, or, more recently, nylon.
text: Wenqin (文琴) – a combination of the erhu, konghou, sanxian and guzheng with 50 or more strings made of silk.
text: Strings were once made of silk.
text: Frets are usually made of animal intestines ("gut"), although in the past strings were made of silk.
text: Harp strings are made of nylon, gut, wire, or silk on certain instruments.
text: The strings were made of silk and tuned in 5ths, like the tuning of today’s violins.