theorbo
noun
- instrument of the Western lute family with stopped courses considerably longer than those of a lute and with a separate nut and pegbox for a set of longer, unstopped bass strings
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /θiˈɔɹ.boʊ/ / /θiˈɔː.bəʊ/
noun
Etymology: From Italian tiorba, from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).
- A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
“So when they said yea to this, he called to him his player on the theorbo and his player on the hautboy, and commanded them saying, “Play me a solemn music.””