All you need to know:
http://www.hurdygurdy.farmcom.net/front.html
I actually play a flatback gurdy (not by this maker) from Germany made by
Helmut Seibert..
There's something about drones..............
Colin Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gibbons, John" <[email protected]>
To: "Dartmouth NPS" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:37 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cymbal
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
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