See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organistrum for another name, a description, and a good picture.
John ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Philip Gruar [[email protected]] Sent: 02 November 2010 17:50 To: Dartmouth NPS Subject: [NSP] Re: Cymbal > Does this sound familiar to anyone else who knows more about this field of > expertise? > Yes. The symphony - more or less as you describe it, was a mediaeval version of the hurdy-gurdy. One of the best illustrations - of the big two-man version - is carvrd over the doorway of Santiago de Compostela cathedral. No time to write more just now - I'll post links and references later if anyone is interested, and unless someone else puts it all up here first! Philip To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
