It is similar to the Finnish jouhikko and the Welsh crwth. The Welsh word "" means a performer on the crwth. The Welsh Crwth also features two drone strings. "his main regret was that he played the "crwth" on Sundays at Ystumllyn and Masyneuoedd". In modern Welsh orthography these three instruments are called telyn, crwth and pibau. Crowther is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth. Cass Meurig, crwth and fiddle, played with the band between 2000 - 2004. These included the shawm, fiddles, rebec, crwth, portative organ, trumpet, timbrel, lute and bagpipe. The last of the bowed yoke lyres with fingerboard was the "modern" () Welsh crwth. In Wales, the crwth long took second place to the harp in the musical hierarchy. John Morgan, a blind musician living around 1740, played the crwth in the village.