Author Topic: Viola Organista  (Read 141 times)

cozmik_cowboy

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« on: November 18, 2013, 09:29:51 PM »
So, Leonardo da Vinci designed a keyboard that bowed strings, but never built it; now, after 500 years, a guy has built it from Leo's plans and plays it.  Enjoy!
 
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2013, 07:29:12 AM »
The sound reminds me a lot of the old melodeon organ I own. The attack is almost identical. The notes themselves are very close to the reeds in an old pump organ which are a bit fuller than the reeds in a melodeon.  
 
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2013, 11:36:13 PM »
WOW. that could be reinforcement to any string section...he needs to produce them NOW; any string quartet could add one and sound like eight!...Leonardo is my hero but he even now nudges the bar...wow..