Unusual / Rare Instruments

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an seanduine wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:33 pm
oleorezinator wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:34 am And in regard to how the Scherr might have been played
is the curious intersection of the bowed and plucked.
The smaller viols and even the viola da gamba
were sometimes played across the knee like a guitar
opposed to on the lap or between the knees.
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When at College, the Music Hall was donated a suite of 5 Da Gambas. None of which were played plucked when the accompanied our recorder group as continuo.

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Sorry for the misunderstanding, Ole. I´m not that much of a strings fellow. Our da Gambas didn´t have the tied on gut frets. . .but very square looking elevated ones. . .not full on replicas. We could never muster more than three players at a time to accompany the recorder consort as a continuo, and never did get anyone to man the harpsichord for us, that I could recall.

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Metal frets? Bone? Plastic? Ivory?
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Not so much an unusual instrument per se, but rather a somewhat uncommon merging of harp and distortion pedal. If O'Carolan came back as a zombie, I'm pretty sure he'd be all over this. And brains, of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNINWMqxQQc&t=63s
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