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.

I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home.

“…the approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It’s a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port.”



I stole the joke from Jason Kottke.