Da Vinci's String Organ Must Be Heard To Be Believed

oleorezinator · Post by **oleorezinator** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:27 pm

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecaden ... e-believed

megapop · Post by **megapop** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:53 pm

Isn't this pretty much the same as the wheel harp you posted a while ago? I liked that steampunk look better...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:54 pm

I'm curious how the viola organista is powered; can't find any info on that yet. As for the Wheelharp, I think the only conceptual flaw with that instrument (other than the visually striking but I expect rather awkward radial keyboard) is that it is electrically motorised. For good Steampunk effect it should be powered by a hamster on an exercise wheel, or better yet, a trained crank monkey.

oleorezinator · Post by **oleorezinator** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:38 pm

There's a treadle that you can see at 9:07.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:43 pm

oleorezinator wrote:There's a treadle that you can see at 9:07.

Ah, thanks; I was more expecting something of that sort.

oleorezinator · Post by **oleorezinator** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:46 pm

9:35 is even better.

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