Hello,
Am 03.02.2007 um 21:43 schrieb Chris Nogy:
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.
o.k. here ara my bits of knowledge:
- as mentioned, Marianne Bröcker: "Die Drehleier" collects in its
second Volume a number of representations of non box gurdies from
1450 and earlier:
In Bröckers book there are several instruments with guitar or vihuela
shaped bodies and a real neck: 3. (~1200; labeled "organistrum"), 4.
(12-1300), 5. (1448), 24. (~1360), 25. (1325), 46. (~1250), 47.
(~1250), 48. (13-1400), 50. (1450-1500), 51. (14-1500), 53. (1430),
instruments with drop shaped bodies and a real neck: 6. (1450-1500),
7. (~1490), 8. (~1380), 9. (14-1500),
- in a museum in Goslar/Germany there is an instrument off which it
is said that it was discovered within the walls of building in Köln/
Cologne. The building was buildt ~1500 the instrument is belived to
be older than that, some scientists say a 200 years older. a low res
picture can be found here:
http://www.ulrich-instrumente.de/9.html
- Georges de La Tour was born in 1593 and died 1652. The several
painters from the Brueghel family all lived after the period in
question:
* Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568–1625)
* Jan Brueghel der Jüngere (1601–1678)
* Pieter Brueghel der Ältere (1525/1530–1569)
* Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564–1638)
They are no eye-witness of the period in question
- there is one hurdy-gurdy playing figure at the cathedral in Burgos,
buildt 1221 - 1280, the instrument is small and looks a bit like some
instruments found in southern Germany in 1600-1800.
sofarrightnow
Simon
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