And to complete the circle, there's a recording of both nsp's and
gurdy at http://www.richardhaynesmusicservices.com/page6.htm
I'm not saying it's state-of-the-art playing on either, but it's a very
interesting and rather nice sound combination.
It's only fair to read his comments first: it's track 8.
And you can see the organistrum carving from Santiago in the V&A
museum's castings gallery. Assuming it hasn't gone the way of their
instruments gallery and been closed yet.
It's rather pleasing to add that the Hurdy Gurdy discussion group
currently has a photo of a carving from York Minster showing both a
gurdy and bagpipes. Not smallpipes, but pleasant that a certain amount
of twinning is going on here :)
Richard.
On 02/11/2010 23:47, Colin wrote:
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"
<j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk>
To: "Dartmouth NPS" <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
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: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Philip Gruar [phi...@gruar.clara.net]
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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