Mandora

Few occupations pass the solitary hours more fruitfully than the playing of a musical instrument.
~Stephen Hough

For Art Thursday, a beautifully-carved musical instrument circa 1420 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:

This is the most elegant example of three extant small European stringed instruments dated to the early fifteenth century... whether it was played with a bow or plucked with a plectrum or fingers, remains unclear.

Cupid, armed with bow and arrow, hovers over the couple, a young man represented as falconer (the falcon denotes loyalty and trust) and a maiden with unbound hair who clasps his arm. A dog, likewise suggesting loyalty, sits at their feet. The rich iconography of the instrument unites art and music in the service of romance.

What might a mandora have sounded like?