Hello, and testing to see if this works, to post in. I do have a few museum pictures of lira. Also there is one man in New York. I could describe more. Natalie is in Canada and wrote once to me. She used to be in Virginia. I have two copies of her book. Her PhD is in folklore from that region as far as I know, or that is what she teaches for sure. I wanted to say that this is a great topic in my opinion. The sociological part of the hurdy gurdy seems to me to be so very interesting. Poland's history is there, a little too, along with the Ukraine. I was in Poland once but only to play jazz. Poland is as we know much more Catholic and the Ukraine more Orthodox. I don't want to go on too much and I'm not an expert, oh no, only feel interested in slightly technical writings about the Lirnyk (the people). What this is about is the Byzantine lira, hence the Orthodox mind set, it seems. Yet, Polish lira players also existed or where they sighted not blind? I'd love to read more. I would love if someone has access and rerecorded the sound on a wax roll to digital such as for a simple youtube. How happy those very humble people might feel if they could have even known of modern interest. Life is strange indeed.
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