Simon, That's fascinating I assume you mean rocking key shafts shaped at different angles This would imply that the keys were pressed down towards the belly rather than sliding in The tangents would then rise and contact the strings from below An obvious advantage would be the ability to make the keys evenly spaced Where did you see such an instrument ?
You can see most of the CSM illuminations at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/images/all_color.html Most of the instruments are clearly recognisable As a student bagpiper I am particularily interested in the illumination at Cantiga 220 These appear to be 2 chanter pipes with direct bellows Capable of being played bellows or mouth blown Has anyone any further information or thoughts on these The illumination is too detailed to be artisic imagination Perhaps the artist got the finger holes wrong ? I would have expected the upper and lower hole sets to be on different chanters This arrangement is found on modern double pipes I would be fun to make one of those Graham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Simon Wascher Sent: 22 November 2006 23:33 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] History: early evidence Hello, Am 22.11.2006 um 23:27 schrieb Graham Whyte: > I was referring solely to the technical accuracy of the HG (Symphonie) > depiction I've seen instruments that were made to look alike work. Keys over the whole length on the outside with a simple clavichord like mechanism. S.
