{
  "id": "alexander_violin",
  "name": "Alexander violin (Talbott arm-held bowed zither)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_box_zither",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": -1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "alexander violin",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_posture",
      "name": "Posture / support",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_arm_rested",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rested on the player's arm and rotated by its handle to bring strings under the bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "under-arm",
            "hand-held",
            "historical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "intimate"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_table_laid",
          "name": "Laid flat on a table (ordinary zither posture)",
          "descriptors": [
            "seated",
            "stable",
            "lap-played"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "soft"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_tuning",
      "name": "Bridge placement / tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_c_major",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sixteen wire strings tuned diatonically in C major (catalogue standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "c-major",
            "wire-strung",
            "movable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "diatonic",
            "box-zither",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "diatonic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_moved_bridges",
          "name": "Movable wooden bridges reset to a non-C diatonic or modal set",
          "descriptors": [
            "scordatura",
            "experimental-tuning",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "modal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_build",
      "name": "Build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_pine",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Soft pine body, 53.6 cm overall, short 44.2 cm string length (historic museum example)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pine",
            "soft-toned",
            "small-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "soft-toned",
            "wood-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historic",
            "wood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_hard_top_repro",
          "name": "Hard-topped modern reproduction (brighter, louder)",
          "descriptors": [
            "carved-hardwood",
            "brighter",
            "modern-variant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_role",
      "name": "Musical role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_parlour_melody",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo parlour melody",
          "descriptors": [
            "parlor",
            "sentimental",
            "domestic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic-lead",
            "intimate",
            "box-zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "domestic",
            "americana"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_voice_doubling",
          "name": "Doubling a singing voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-doubling",
            "supportive",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "doubled",
            "box-zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "domestic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_posture",
      "name": "Posture / support",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_arm_rested",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rested on the player's arm and rotated by its handle to bring strings under the bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "under-arm",
            "hand-held",
            "historical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "intimate"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_table_laid",
          "name": "Laid flat on a table (ordinary zither posture)",
          "descriptors": [
            "seated",
            "stable",
            "lap-played"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "soft"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_tuning",
      "name": "Bridge placement / tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_c_major",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sixteen wire strings tuned diatonically in C major (catalogue standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "c-major",
            "wire-strung",
            "movable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "diatonic",
            "box-zither",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "diatonic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_moved_bridges",
          "name": "Movable wooden bridges reset to a non-C diatonic or modal set",
          "descriptors": [
            "scordatura",
            "experimental-tuning",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "modal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_build",
      "name": "Build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_pine",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Soft pine body, 53.6 cm overall, short 44.2 cm string length (historic museum example)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pine",
            "soft-toned",
            "small-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "soft-toned",
            "wood-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historic",
            "wood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_hard_top_repro",
          "name": "Hard-topped modern reproduction (brighter, louder)",
          "descriptors": [
            "carved-hardwood",
            "brighter",
            "modern-variant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "box-zither",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "alexander_violin_role",
      "name": "Musical role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_parlour_melody",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo parlour melody",
          "descriptors": [
            "parlor",
            "sentimental",
            "domestic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic-lead",
            "intimate",
            "box-zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "domestic",
            "americana"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alexander_violin_voice_doubling",
          "name": "Doubling a singing voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-doubling",
            "supportive",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "doubled",
            "box-zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "domestic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}