After playing back a tape of the musical portions of the show through a TV with better sound, I did hear the hurdy gurdy.

Big deal.

And yes, Elvis's old Gibson did sound like it had the original strings on it. High technology of 1917.

Both Sting & Elvis C. were wasted space on the same stage with Alison Krause and their "quaint" instruments really contributed nothing but something visual to distract from Alison's beauty and fine singing.