  We discuss properties of baryon resonances belonging to the Nucleon, Delta,
Sigma, Lambda, Xi and Omega families in a collective string-like model for the
nucleon, in which the radial excitations are interpreted as rotations and
vibrations of the string configuration. We find good overall agreement with the
available data. The main discrepancies are found for low lying S-wave states,
in particular N(1535), N(1650), Sigma(1750), Lambda*(1405), Lambda(1670) and
Lambda(1800).
