William Brohinsky wrote:
My guess is that the lowest voice is being played on a clavichord.
Either that, or some kind of bizarre hurdy-gurdy which plucks the
notes instead of bowing them?
ray
I emailed Marc Lewon. He says it's a chekker ("a kind of claviciterium
with metal strings"). Somebody (Page?) once wrote an article for Early
Music called 'the myth of the chekker' so maybe this instrument has been
de-mythed. Anyway hammered strings, plectrum-plucked lute and the
chekker (doing whatever it does) makes a great sound.
Stuart
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Stuart Walsh <[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.lewon.de/inhalt/projekte/ensembles_dulce.php?navbat=03
... the three instruments are: ?
at least one plucked thing and, surprisingly what seems to be a hammered
dulcimer. The three instruments create a strange sound; very nice, very
beguiling.
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