Scan 73

A popular account of ancient musical instruments and their development, as illustrated by typical examples in the Galpin collection at Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, 1897

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1proper. Such devices invariably disappear from musical instruments and orchestras as sounds grow more and more out of noise through the discipline of art into music." The Hurdy-Gurdy (Fig. 11) was originally an ecclesiastical instrument, when it was called Organistrium, and it may be said to be a combination of the monochord and organ. It was played like the organ, by divided labour; the performer being solely concerned with the keyboard while an assistant supplied the rotary or grinding motion which produced the tone. The principle of the hurdy-gurdy is a viol sounded by a wheel instead of a bow. The keys are simply slides pushed back by the player, with projections to stop the strings. As the instrument is held with the keys downwards, these slides, when released, fall back by their own weight. About thirty-five years ago hurdy-gurdy players were often met with in the streets of London and Paris. I have a lively recollection of

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