kenfxj Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Heard for the first time in 500 years. Sort of a piano-cello. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Cool. Isn't this the same concept as a hurdy-gurdy? A wheel or cylinder turning against a string, though with a hurdy-gurdy the cylinder is cranked by hand. "Everyone wants to change the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottom End Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Beautiful "Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.'-Hamlet Guitar solos last 30 seconds, the bass line lasts for the whole song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 That sounds great. It sounds like a small string orchestra. Even though it is related to the hurdy gurdy, it sounds very different. My wife has a hurdy gurdy which she built many years ago. It works on the same principle: you turn a crank which is connected to a wheel which "bows" the strings. It has a keyboard. The keys are connected to small posts which "fret" the string and you can only play one scale. My wife's hurdy gurdy has one melody string and two drone strings. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I saw this earlier. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 I'm beginning to think that Da Vinci fella was kinda smart. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluMunk Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Can anyone help me out . . . I'm trying to search for . . . something similar to this. It was a thread about a single-cylinder piano thing that seemed to operate on the same principle as this instrument. Bowed strings as opposed to hammered strings. Anyone remember what I'm thinking of? And, a related question; were [the thing I'm remembering] and the instrument linked to in this thread developed by the same people? Or is it an odd coincidence that two bowed-string piano instruments hit the interwebs within a year of each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluMunk Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ok, I should have had more patience for my searching; found it! The wheelharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ok, I should have had more patience for my searching; found it! The wheelharp. That's actually very reasonably priced, considering the work that must go into making each one. http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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