http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/2009/03/the-metallic-crisp-and-bright-sound-of-the-epigonion-a-harp-like-musical-instrument-that-was-last-played-in-ancient-greece.html
Scientists Revive Long-Lost Ancient Greek Instrument The metallic, crisp and bright sound of the epigonion, a harp-like musical instrument that was last played in ancient Greece, has finally been heard again -- thanks to powerful grid computing. To know more about this intriguing project, just read my Discovery News story here. If you're curious as to what exactly an epigonion sounded like, here are two sonatas by Italian Baroque composer, Domenico Scarlatti (1685 â1757). They are entirely played by a resurrected epigonion. -- and there are two samples of what the mustic sounds like. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
