Forgotten Instruments

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Comment by Ted Crocker on March 21, 2013 at 1:14am

Any idea what this is? 

Comment by jaakko ryynanen on December 9, 2010 at 6:52am

nice vid Alan!

Comment by Alan Roberts on December 9, 2010 at 12:46am

Here's a YouTube video of one guy playing about 100 odd ethnic instruments from around the world. WARNING turn the volumn down, as the first one is probably the loudest!

Funny, though. The mountain dulcimer we've all seen is #2...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C6l3YjR6NY

Comment by jaakko ryynanen on November 28, 2010 at 1:53am

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on September 29, 2010 at 2:20pm

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa...

Comment by Henry Lowman on August 2, 2010 at 12:31am

Comment by Henry Lowman on August 2, 2010 at 12:30am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfH1BvOj3SE&feature=related

Comment by Alan Roberts on May 17, 2010 at 12:45pm

Here's a good photo of a Welsh crwth:

It's an odd bowed lyre with a fretless fingerboard and two drone strings. What is hard to see in photos is how the bridge goes through a sondhole and acts like a violin's sound post.
One person who makes these instruments is Michael J. King. http://www.michaeljking.com/crwth.htm He builds many old instruments (including kantele and langspil) and newer ones like ukulele and stick dulcimers. My lyres were built using his plans. This guy is a marvel and an inspiration to any instrument builder who meets him. He's posted hours of good vids on Youtube, giving free pointers on lutherie.

Comment by jaakko ryynanen on May 16, 2010 at 6:56am

Wow Alan! It looks awesome.

Comment by Alan Roberts on May 16, 2010 at 4:33am

I've been tempted to build a traskofiol, a folk fiddle from southern Sweden. I need to learn how to carve a nice fiddle head for it, though. I'll post photos when I get around to it.

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