--- Chris Nogy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, we all know that the progression historically of the vielle was > big organistrum - box sinphone - Bosch. Period. Right?
They occureed in that order, but the psalters and Cathedral art that feature organistrums and box - sinfonies also have illustrations of small guitar-shaped crank-o-phones, so why not? > > I have rather a dislike of doing what everyone else does, especially > in my medieval recreations. I have found that in most cases there > were as many versions and presentations of relatively common items as > there were people who would have built them, and so I can be unique > by maintaining fidelity to the concepts and the methods of the time, > applying them with reason and craftsmanship. I like to do things > that scream out 'hey, there is absolutely NO reason I could not have > existed' rather than building things I can document completely, as > often only the richest or most well connected had documentation left > of their items. > > I would like to build something that fits in the 1400s that is not a > box sinphone, something that is a first generation 'distinct keybox' > type of instrument that would be contemporary in capabilities with > the Bosch but have its own look and feel. Everybody that slagged me about period stuff usually played or routinely played along with steel string guitars. Apparently if it wasn't in some Errol Flynn or Richard Chamberlan Movie, it didn't really happen. I'm going to shut up now, you know how I get... > > > I could go off on a lark and build something with a flat top, back, > and sides, vaguely similar to some viol and fyddle forms, and that > would make sense, but not enough sense. ??? > > There is a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge in the > participants on this list, I would appreciate input by anyone who > might have ideas on a potential late medieval / early renaissance > gurdy that is NOT a Bosch. Ideas on wheel size, string number and > role, crank size. For example, I know that at that time music was > becoming more entertainment, more secular. Would this indicate the > wheel size and crank size would be getting bigger so that players > could play longer, or the wheel size and crank size getting smaller > so that players could play more brightly and lively? > > I want to be able to present deductive documentation for something > that reasonably could have existed. I don't know what changes in > body shape would have occurred. I know that there are instruments > built in period (citole, viol, etc) that exist today with curved > tops, but many of those are conjectured to have been modified in the > late 1500s or later and may have had flat tops replaced with the > newer features. > > Anyone interested in some virtual instrument development? > > Thanks > > Chris Nogy > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 2/3/2007 at 1:46 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wonder if he is playing Branle De Cheveaux. > >
