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  "id": "pardessus_de_viole",
  "name": "Pardessus de viole (highest viol, incl. the violin-bodied quinton)",
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  "class": "bowed_string",
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    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "pardessus",
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      "name": "Bow technique",
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          "id": "pardessus_de_viole_body_quinton_fretless",
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            "five-string",
            "chamber-fed"
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          ]
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            "soloistic",
            "baroque-leaning"
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          ]
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          "id": "pardessus_de_viole_role_salon_amateur",
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            "chamber-fed"
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}