What does colachon mean?

colachon

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"The colachon is an instrument with a body like the lute and a very long neck; its total length is about 1 ½ metres."
"The colachon was sometimes tuned a fourth lower than the six-course mandora."
"Jan van Kessel lived until 1679 and at that time, long-necked lute types appeared – the colachon and gallichon – and there are many pictures of long-necked lute types that do not correspond with the contemporary 'normal lutes.”"

colachons (plural)

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