The baryton differs from the bass viol in having an additional set of wire strings.

Formerly, its three or four strings were made from finely split rattan, but today they are made of wire strings.

When the gut strings are bowed, the wire strings vibrate sympathetically, enriching the tone.

The wire strings may also be plucked by the performer's left thumb, creating a contrasting tonal quality.

There were ten wire strings, tuned in a D-major scale, plus the A a fourth below and the E a major second above.

In most barytons, the wire strings were often tuned in the range of the three lowest bowed strings.

The wire strings of the Prince's instrument were instead tuned in the same range as the highest three bowed strings.

The viola is 87cm long and is thought originally to have had twelve strings, but now only has nine wire strings.

The instrument has twenty-three 800mm-long wire strings attached to a bamboo tube with a metal hose-clamp around the top rim.

He invented a piano that would never go out of tune, as it used small bells instead of wire strings.