Hi there - How about using "L.O." short for the beautiful name of Lira Organizzata. I'm in the process of drawing up a plan for the lap version of the LO. We have many contributers to this long term project. It will be great to see this instrument take off again. We are basing this LO around the drawings of Bedos. Adding improvements and detail where needed. If anyone is interested see "Antiquated Strings" http://mccormack.graeme.googlepages.com/antiquatedstrings for a preview of the VERY draft sketches for this instrument. Anyway Lira Organizzata sounds impressive for a most impressive instrument. Cheers Graeme
On Aug 14, 8:07 pm, Michael Muskett <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it is time we stopped using the term organized hurdy-gurdy, as > though some government departments has set it up (though, to tell the > truth, no one organises anything thing these days. For some strange > reason they avoid this word in favour orchestrate, which means to > distribute the melody and harmony between various instruments. Why > don't we call it the organ hurdy-gurdy?, For that is what it is (or, > If you insist organ-gurdy, but this would not suit ethno- > musicologists. > The VO is a hurdy-hurdy fitted with organ pipes which may be played on > their own or with the strings, sounding an octave higher. As you may > imagine, this instrument is not easy to tune and the King of Naples > had his own personal assistant to do this for him. > Michael M > > On Aug 11, 6:20 am, Michael Gaschler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, Today by pure chance I came across an instrument called the lira > > organizzata which is a gurdy that also has organ flutes attatched to it > > which lets the performer produce a wider variety of sounds. As one may > > imagine, there are few pieces written for such an instrument and > > consequently very few recordings of these very few pieces are in existence. > > I was wondering if anyone out there knows of any good recordings of the lira > > organizzata ( or the vielle organisée). I think I came across one on > > iTunes called Haydn: deLirium, but surely there are others? Let me know. > > Thanks, > > Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
