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19 Jan 09 - 12:47 PM (#2543207) Subject: The Last German Hummel From: katlaughing Neat article with pictures of a very interesting relative of the mountain dulcimer: HERE. Anyone ever played one or know of any sound files of one? |
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19 Jan 09 - 12:49 PM (#2543210) Subject: RE: The Last German Hummel From: katlaughing Found one on youtube. And, THIS ONE. Beautiful!! |
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19 Jan 09 - 12:54 PM (#2543216) Subject: RE: The Last German Hummel From: katlaughing Even neater, I'd love to have one of THESE! |
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19 Jan 09 - 01:48 PM (#2543254) Subject: RE: The Last German Hummel From: GUEST,Peter Laban De Hummel isn't specifically German, it was widely spread across the Flemish countryside as well and another variant the 'epinette des Vosges' was found in Northern-Eastern France. Hubert Boone, of the Musical instrument museum in Brussels, wrote an exhaustive study during the seventies : De Hommel in de Lage Landel (the Hummel in the low-countries). Hommel as used in Dutch and Flemish is the word for Bumble-bee: think buzzing drone strings. |
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19 Jan 09 - 01:53 PM (#2543256) Subject: RE: The Last German Hummel From: GUEST,Peter Laban A Flemish Hommel can be seen here |
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19 Jan 09 - 02:05 PM (#2543263) Subject: RE: The Last German Hummel From: Alice Peter, your link led me to this very nice you tube video, also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2TMeUp5I8&feature=related |
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19 Jan 09 - 02:17 PM (#2543271) Subject: RE: The Last German Hummel From: Ernest The last? The author of the article still builds them - website here Best Ernest |
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19 Jan 09 - 02:52 PM (#2543295) Subject: RE: The Last German Hummel From: katlaughing Thanks, Peter. Ernest, I was just using his own title!:-) I will change it. |
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19 Jan 09 - 03:01 PM (#2543305) Subject: RE: The Hummel / Hommel From: Jack Blandiver Here's mine: http://www.sedayne.co.uk/hummel.html |
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20 Jan 09 - 01:16 AM (#2543686) Subject: RE: The Hummel / Hommel From: Nerd Re: the international distribution of the hummel, if you read the article linked to in the OP, it states that the builder of the "Last German Hummel" learned the instrument when in France during the Franco-Prussian war. It says he learned it from a "weaver's family," so presumably not from another German soldier. So it seems the last German hummel was a copy of a French hummel (or epinette). |
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20 Jan 09 - 02:26 PM (#2544221) Subject: RE: The Hummel / Hommel From: Art Thieme Jean Ritchie, in her Oak Publications book on playing dulcimer, included this instrument as a forerunner to the mountain dulcimer she played and actually brought to the attention of the USA folk revival -- and then the world. Jean, thanks so much. Art |
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20 Jan 09 - 04:50 PM (#2544372) Subject: RE: The Hummel / Hommel From: Jack Blandiver A lot of pre-revival Mountain / Appalachian Dulcimers were more like hummels than the familiar shapes of today. Ross has a fine book full of fascinating pictures - not sure if there's any of these online. |