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Wheelharp
http://youtu.be/MT4OxLLI4m4

Historical precedents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJfDraiz ... ata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIFocw29 ... ata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Ar03Wo ... ata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRIF_und ... ata_player

Huh? How is that thing producing the sound?

It looks like a steampunk piano. Kinda freaky, but cool!

I was expecting something like this or even worse this.

Seems like the hurdy gurdy does much of the same with fewer parts. At least that version doesn't have drones.

benhall.1 wrote:Huh? How is that thing producing the sound?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_organista
It's like you put a bunch of hurdy gurdys together to expand the keyboard.
Several spinning wheels act as "bows" on differently-pitched strings, and the keys decide which string touches the bow-wheel and/or how that string is fretted.

fearfaoin wrote:

benhall.1 wrote:Huh? How is that thing producing the sound?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_organista
It's like you put a bunch of hurdy gurdys together to expand the keyboard.
Several spinning wheels act as "bows" on differently-pitched strings, and the keys decide which string touches the bow-wheel and/or how that string is fretted.

Thanks, fearfaoin. "Bunch of hurdy gurdys" conveys the idea perfectly for me.