Historical clue formulations

• Stringed instrument that rests on the ground — 2025-12-29
• Stringed instrument that's often as tall as its seated musician — 2025-09-29
• Jacqueline du Pré's instrument — 2023-07-12
• Member of a string quartet — 2023-02-08
• Instrument in a string quartet — 2022-06-13
• Member of a chamber group — 2020-06-05
• Instrument heard in "Eleanor Rigby" — 2020-05-31
• It's bowed between the legs — 2018-01-21
• One taking a bow at a concert? — 2017-12-01
• Quartet member — 2017-11-16
• Smaller cousin of the double bass — 2017-02-21
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 2016-08-23
• Instrument for Yo-Yo Ma — 2015-05-11
• Larger cousin of a violin — 2014-12-01
• Instrument played with a bow — 2012-08-13
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 2012-02-13
• Rostropovich's instrument — 2012-01-30
• It takes a bow at a musical performance — 2012-01-06
• Pablo Casals's instrument — 2010-08-16
• Item with a pegbox — 2009-05-16
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 2008-12-29
• Bass relative — 2008-11-13
• Part of a chamber orchestra — 2008-04-16
• String quartet member — 2007-03-07
• Bass's relative — 2006-02-21
• You might take a bow for this — 2005-08-17
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 2005-07-05
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 2005-01-31
• Part for five Beethoven sonatas — 2004-10-09
• Instrument with a bow — 2002-06-17
• String quartet instrument — 2002-05-06
• Casals's instrument — 2002-04-23
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 2002-02-20
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 2001-09-18
• It goes between the knees — 2000-04-28
• Quartet member — 2000-03-08
• Stringed instrument — 1999-08-09
• Rostropovich's instrument — 1998-02-17
• Instrument played while seated — 1998-01-28
• The "voice" in Bloch's "Voice in the Wilderness" — 1996-11-03
• Instrument for 63-Across — 1996-05-12
• Food wrapping, informally — 1995-06-25
• Yo-Yo Ma's instrument — 1995-04-26
• Casal's instrument — 1995-04-17
• Instrument played sitting down — 1995-01-18
• String quartet member — 1994-11-14
• Yo-Yo string? — 1994-06-08