(Initially archived request from the wiki, updated from then.)

quinton

• Other names:
  • 5-string fiddle (English)
  • 5-string viola (English)
  • 5-string violin (English)
• Family:
  • Strings
• URL relationships:
  • Wikidata item: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1243782
• Derived from:
  • viola
  • violin
• Description:

  A quinton is a 5-string instrument in the violin family. It is usually tuned to C3, G3, D4, A4, and E5. Its range is the union of the ones of viola and of violin.

• Appears on:
  1. The Desperate Battle of the Birds credits Patsy Reid for "5-string fiddle, violin, viola and vocals"
  2. Played by Ricky Skaggs on Blue Kentucky Girl