Irish bouzouki Dónal Lunny, who replaced the octave strings on the two lower G and D courses with unison strings, thus reinforcing their lower frequencies. Soon after, on a visit with Irvine to the workshop of luthier Peter Abnett, Lunny commissioned a bouzouki to the specifications of a classic, 4-course Greek bouzouki but with unison strings and a three-piece, partially staved back. Since then, the instrument has been adapted for Irish traditional and other styles of folk music. The original Greek bouzouki was a three course/six-string instrument ("trichordo"). In the 1950s, a four course/eight-string ("tetrachordo") version was developed. The newer "tetrachordo" bouzouki
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