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GUEST,Blandiver (Astray) | unusual hurdy gurdy (de Occitane) ?? (9) | RE: unusual hurdy gurdy (de Occitane) ?? | 05 Apr 15 |
It's a pretty complex mechanism here, but basically when a key is depressed it lowers a string onto to the wheel to sound. One string per note, unlike the hurdy-gurdy. There are other examples of this idea which goes back to the geigenwerk or Viola Organista, supposedly invented by Da Vinci. Here's a one being played with aplomb! |