Philomel (musical instrument) under the fingerboard rests against the table. Philomel also is another name for the nightingale, which perhaps is where the instrument gets its name. Philomel (musical instrument) Philomel (; or "Stahlgeige" ) is the name of a musical instrument similar to the violin, but having four steel, wire strings. It has been invented around Monaco di Baviera in the middle of the nineteenth century and has got some similarities with the Bowedmelodion also known as Streichmelodion The philomel has a body with incurvations similar to those of the guitar; therefore, without corner blocks, the outline of the upper lobe forms
Rubab (instrument) is attached partway down the neck, similar to the fifth string of the American banjo. Rubab (instrument) Rubab, robab or rabab (, , , , "rubāb", Tajik and Uzbek "рубоб") is a lute-like musical instrument originating from central Afghanistan. The "rubab" is mainly used by Pashtun, Tajik, Turkish, Kashmiri, Baluch, Azerbaijani, and Iranian Kurdish classical musicians. Rubab is one of the national musical instruments of Afghanistan. It has "proliferated throughout West, Central, South and Southeast Asia." Rbab () is an Arabic word. According to the Arabic diacritics, vowels between consonants - apart from "Alif" (Aleph) are not written but articulates.