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Does anyone know how long use of this instrument persisted? Wikipedia says that a similar instrument was built in 1575. I expected to hear period pieces, but
by fallingOff 13y ago
Does anyone know how long use of this instrument persisted? Wikipedia says that a similar instrument was built in 1575.
I expected to hear period pieces, but instead the performer played Baroque and Classical era music.
- ffk 13y agoThe wording of the article suggests it has never been played to an audience until this year. I suspect it was never built until now.
- mgnn 13y agoAccording to this interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOrn_z9m9lU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOrn_z9m9lU There were several old builds of the instrument, but they were all lost one way or another.
- kzrdude 13y agoThanks! A much better video since you can see partly how the instrument works. I like his decoration of the instrument, including the text and year in latin; I guess he is planning for this reconstruction to survive the centuries where the others didn't.