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Guitar by Rauche & Hoffmann. As well as this guittar (an early form of the modern guitar), Robert is also known to have owned a fiddle, a stock-and-horn (a simple woodwind instrument made of animal bone) and a flute. This is the earliest known English guittar in any Scottish collection.

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  • Repository:National Trust for Scotland, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum