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The orphica may be regarded as a small portable piano. It has a keyboard and soundboard, and the instrument is hung around the neck of the musician, or played on the lap. It has a long neck, like the guitar, which functions as structural support for the longer strings.
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http://wiki.hammerfluegel.net/index.php/Orphica
The orphica was invented by Carl Leopold Röllig (1740-1804), probably in 1795.
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