In fact Michael Praetorius does not give it any name in his syntagma musicum:
The instrument is attested on Plate XXII of Praetorius<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorius>' 1619 treatise Syntagma Musicum<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syntagma_Musicum&action=edit&redlink=1> . The term *dulcigurdy* is a modern one, a portmanteau<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau>of *Appalachian dulcimer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_dulcimer>*and *hurdy-gurdy*. The instrument has also been mislabeled *strohfiddel* in modern times, since the caption at the bottom of Plate XXII uses this term (literally "straw fiddle"), but that term actually refers to the xylophone pictured next to the dulcigurdy. Praetorius does not appear to give a specific name for the instrument, instead lumping it in with the keyed hurdy-gurdy next to it as "Bauern-Lyren" or "peasant lyres." http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Strohfiddel.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strohfiddel.jpg&usg=__3SvC-1_QqIzvn7NSy2r9qapc1KY=&h=410&w=300&sz=22&hl=en&start=5&sig2=yWg6K4y4p_vMu8QwQb6e2A&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=EuCFqwwkWvXAiM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpraetorius%2Bsyntagma%2Bmusicum%2Bhurdy%2Bgurdy%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=ZEqdS5TdLcKB8gbhxamGDg regards Bruno Cognyl-Fournier Montreal, Canada www.estavel.org <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Strohfiddel.jpg> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Richard Parsons <[email protected]>wrote: > Looking at the fingerboard, it does not have any frets so I'd call it a > "Viol-Gurdy. > > Richard Parsons > Oden Ridge Dulcimers > [email protected] > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruno Fournier <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:37 AM > *Subject:* Re: [HG-new] Fascinating toy > > its called a dulcy gurdy and is an intrument illustrated in Praetorius's > syntagma musicum I believe. > > Bruno > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Fiona Marsden < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> ON Ebay >> >> 260565561504 >> >> A bit unusual >> >> Fi >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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]<hurdygurdy%[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. > > -- > 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]<hurdygurdy%[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. > -- 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.
