Hello,
Am 02.01.2008 um 19:54 schrieb Graham Whyte:
I can find references to "Ninera" but what I found so far shows it
to be a
keyed instrument
Ninera is the standard name for the hurdy-gurdy in Czech.
That instrument is very similar to the "Strohl Fiddel" drawing in
Praetorious' "Syntagma Musicum II" published in the early 17th century
The "Stroh Fiddel" is the xylophone on the bottom of the page, not
the "hurdy-gurd with fretless fingerboard"
This is obvious to thouse who are deeper into traditional alpine
instruments and speak german as a "Strohfidel" oder "Strohfiedel" is
known as this also outside the Syntagma Musicum.
The name refers to the rolls of straw (Stroh) on which the wodden
sticks are bedded to let them sound.
This error is widespread and even supported by lots of google hits,
but never the less its an errror.
Simon
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have a look at:
http://hurdygurdywiki.wiki-site.com
http://drehleierwiki.wiki-site.com
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