It's fun to speculate... A lemon, Henry? Really?!? Roy, I can't say what our man is holding in his left hand, but it looks to me as if there is no crank on the instrument - certainly no knob anyway. What I see is some kind of strapping, perhaps to hold the end of the instrument together (I've seen repairs of this fashion before!). It looks like the leather belt holding up the instrument is clipped to this hardware. And dare I say it looks like a square socket in the end of the axle? Has anyone seen this painting in person?
What interests me is: what is the fiddle player up to? *His* right hand is busy... ~ Matt > But what is that our hero holds in his left hand? I had read that it > was the crank handle: which is completely visible still on the > instrument... that would puzzle me. Is it perhaps the key to tune the > sympathy strings? Mine is brass... which would have consideralbe more > impact than a wooden tourne-a-gauche. ( Even if it IS mispelled.) > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> On the painting by de La Tour , the shalm player squeeze >> a lemon in the eyes on the HG player to check if he is really >> blind , the HG player holds a knife in his hand >> >> >> >> http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/fmlac12105_30b.jpg >> >> Notice the angle from wich the HG is shown , this tri-lobal >> shape often puzzles makers . >> >> >> >From: "Daniel Musick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: [email protected] >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: [HG] A new project, Bruegel >> >Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:33:33 -0500 >> > >> >Georges de la Tour painted the street musicians fighting. He did >> several >> >pictures of a hurdy-gurdy player by himself; seems to be probably >> the same >> >guy for several pictures. You've probably seen some of them...I >> think he >> >was a bit later than Bruegel.----------Daniel >> > >> > >> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >> >>To: [email protected] >> >>Subject: Re: [HG] A new project, Bruegel >> >>Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 02:57:20 EST >> >> >> >>Oh, there are so many HGs from Bruegel. I found them in the >> fantasy >> >>painting, in the festival painting and in the dance/wedding >> paintings. I >> >>think he did >> >>the blind leading the blind painting where the lead blind man, the >> one >> >>already on the ground, has an HG. >> >> Also, how many people are making the HG with the removable >> handles >> >>and >> >>cranks. I forget the painter but there is the painting with the >> musicians >> >>fighting (that never really happens right) and the HG player is >> using the >> >>pull off >> >>crank handle as a weapon. Thanks Curtis for pointing that out to >> me. >> >> >> >> The problem being that most early paintings were commissioned >> or >> >>religious or commissioned religious. There are very few painting >> based on >> >>the >> >>pastoral life or the common man. I have not look to closely at >> illuminated >> >>manuscripts but that may be a good source, who knows. I have looked >> >> >>through the >> >>pictures I have and have not come across any HGs in early art (at >> least >> >>the art I >> >>have). >> >> >> >> Scott >> > >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >Search for grocery stores. Find gratitude. Turn a simple search into >> >> >something more. >> >>http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_gratitude&FORM=WLMTAG >> >> >> >
