When Timotheus was competing at the Carneian Festival, one of the Ephors took a knife, and asked him on which side he should cut out the superfluous strings beyond the usual seven.
Plutarch, Customs of the Spartans, 17. link.
Ecprepes, an Ephor, cut out with an adze two of the nine strings of Phrynis the musician, saying, "Do not murder music."
Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans. link.
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