string band

noun

a band consisting of stringed instruments
an informal name for string orchestra

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The members of the "string-band" were singing a negro melody.
Old Ebenezer
Opie Read
Thus there were no string-quartets before Haydn—at least none that can be distinguished from symphonies for string-band.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6
Various
Then come a mass of beautiful shrub-like plants which make up the rest of the string-band.
Springtime and Other Essays
Francis Darwin

string band

Examples from the Web for string band

Historical Examples

The members of the "string-band" were singing a negro melody.

Thus there were no string-quartets before Haydn—at least none that can be distinguished from symphonies for string-band.

Then come a mass of beautiful shrub-like plants which make up the rest of the string-band.