viola organista

Polish concert pianist Slawomir Zubrzycki has built a beautiful version of Leonardo da Vinci’s viola organista.

It’s questionable whether this type of machine can accurately be called bowed since it uses rubbing wheels like a hurdy-gurdy. But it’s definitely not plucked, so it cannot be included in the excellent Atlas of Plucked Instruments.

The Atlas doesn’t currently include one-off variants like the Millenium Falcon guitars either.

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