At the Finale Users Group meeting on Monday, Alex showed me her hurdy-gurdy. It's not what I expected. It's a mechanical violin. You turn a crank, and a rosined wheel rubs against four strings. Two of them are drones, and the other two are stopped by a series of keys that you press to play a melody. It's a very old instrument, dating from around 1000 A.D.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
At the Finale Users Group meeting on Monday, Alex showed me her hurdy-gurdy. It's not what I expected. It's a mechanical violin. You turn a crank, and a rosined wheel rubs against four strings. Two of them are drones, and the other two are stopped by a series of keys that you press to play a melody. It's a very old instrument, dating from around 1000 A.D.
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