Thursday, November 21, 2013

The viola organista...

The viola organista...  This was completely new to me – an instrument designed (but apparently never built) by Leonardo da Vinci.  It's been built and has had its concert debut (video at left). 

The viola organista is a string instrument that sounds much like a cello, but it's played like a piano.  It's full of moving parts, and acoustically it's quite sophisticated.

Awesome!

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