Historical clue formulations

• Electric instrument played on Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" — 2026-08-28
• Instrument that's held at about a 45-degree angle from the player's body — 2026-07-18
• Classical Indian stringed instrument — 2026-03-03
• Instrument used in Hindustani classical music — 2025-06-09
• Instrument heard on the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" — 2024-12-08
• Instrument with as many as 21 strings — 2024-09-15
• Long-necked instrument — 2024-06-30
• Stringed Indian instrument — 2024-06-11
• Plucked instrument — 2023-11-26
• Instrument played with a mezrab — 2023-07-20
• Stringed instrument in some psychedelic music — 2023-07-19
• Stringed instrument that rhymes with another stringed instrument — 2022-12-20
• Indian stringed instrument — 2022-02-28
• Instrument in Hindustani music — 2022-01-17
• Instrument invented in medieval India — 2021-10-13
• Musical instrument whose name means "three strings" — 2019-07-04
• Its name means "three strings," but it can have up to 21 — 2019-04-21
• It notably has two bridges — 2018-12-23
• Prominent instrument in raga music — 2018-08-11
• Instrument plucked with a mezrab — 2018-05-13
• Instrument in "Norwegian Wood" — 2018-04-25
• Instrument whose name means "three strings" — 2018-04-08
• Bollywood soundtrack instrument — 2017-03-21
• Stringed instrument usually played sitting down — 2016-12-01
• Instrument with 18+ strings — 2016-09-28
• Staple of Hindustani music — 2015-03-20
• Instrument with sympathetic strings — 2014-11-19
• Bad member to pick? — 2014-08-23
• Cousin of a mandolin — 2014-06-16
• Instrument on the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" — 2014-05-14
• Instrument played by George Harrison — 2013-10-22
• "Norwegian Wood" strings — 2013-01-06
• Indian instrument — 2012-06-04
• It has two bridges in India — 2011-03-05
• Instrument that's usually played cross-legged — 2010-06-30
• Instrument played by George Harrison — 2008-10-21
• Instrument often played while sitting on the floor — 2008-06-12
• It's heard on the Beatles' "Rubber Soul" — 2008-03-29
• Long-necked instrument — 2008-03-16
• Instrument often accompanied by a pair of small drums — 2007-06-12
• Relative of a mandolin — 2007-05-13
• "Norwegian Wood" instrument — 2007-04-18
• Pear-shaped lute — 2006-03-15
• Fretted instrument — 2005-11-03
• Instrument accompanying a tambura — 2005-10-29
• Indian stringed instrument — 2005-06-20
• "Norwegian Wood" instrument — 2005-06-15
• Lutelike instrument — 2005-06-05
• Ravi Shankar's instrument — 2004-08-16
• It was played by George Harrison — 2004-08-04