Do you know what a HURDY GURDY is???

[Kerrmudgeon]

Music peeps will get a kick out of this ancient instrument developed over 900 years ago. Depending on the song it can be as irritating as the bagpipes to some, and as lively as a jig on a fiddle when played that way....
This is what I learned today.:D

HURDY GURDY Demonstrated & played by Matthias Loibner - YouTube

[jaxgator]

:cool1:

[Sea Six]

That thing isn't a hurdy-gurdy like I'm familiar with.

To me a hurdy-gurdy is something that just has a crank. The "player" just turns the crank. Nothing else. :dunno:

That thing is more like a harpsichord version of a cello.

[Fastguy]

Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man - YouTube


Groovy

[8Up]

I thought it was the box thing that a guy would crank as a little monkey dressed in a tuxedo would run around with a tin cup collecting pennies.

[Kerrmudgeon]

That thing isn't a hurdy-gurdy like I'm familiar with.

To me a hurdy-gurdy is something that just has a crank. The "player" just turns the crank. Nothing else. :dunno:

That thing is more like a harpsichord version of a cello.

They all seem to have a keyboard on the ones I found. Here's a french polka(?) which sounds like an ancient castle dance tune to me. I can picture the ladies in full gowns and men in frilly outfits like in a movie. Pretty inventive instrument, considering the era........:yesnod:

A French Polka on the Hurdy Gurdy - YouTube

[jaxgator]

That thing isn't a hurdy-gurdy like I'm familiar with.

To me a hurdy-gurdy is something that just has a crank. The "player" just turns the crank. Nothing else. :dunno:

That thing is more like a harpsichord version of a cello.

I thought it was the box thing that a guy would crank as a little monkey dressed in a tuxedo would run around with a tin cup collecting pennies.

Not according to this...

Hurdy gurdy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also, a google search brings up images exactly like what was in the video.

[Kerrmudgeon]

That thing isn't a hurdy-gurdy like I'm familiar with.

To me a hurdy-gurdy is something that just has a crank. The "player" just turns the crank. Nothing else. :dunno:

That thing is more like a harpsichord version of a cello.

You might be thinking of a "barrel organ" like this, commonly played by buskers on the street with a monkey collecting money from the crowds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=--s0_iVyjiM#

http://oi49.tinypic.com/24nqhll.jpg

[Sea Six]

You might be thinking of a "barrel organ" like this, commonly played by buskers on the street with a monkey collecting money from the crowds.

Busker Organ - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=--s0_iVyjiM#)

http://oi49.tinypic.com/24nqhll.jpg

That's exactly what I was thinking. For some reason that's all I've ever seen referred to as a hurdy-gurdy. :dunno:

[8Up]

You might be thinking of a "barrel organ" like this, commonly played by buskers on the street with a monkey collecting money from the crowds.

Busker Organ - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=--s0_iVyjiM#)

http://oi49.tinypic.com/24nqhll.jpg

THATS THE GUYYY!!!!:seasix:

[JMS32935]

Here's a bowed instrument with a similar sound, presumably because the instrument uses drone strings and a single melody string. The sound of the OP's video reminded me of this...

http://bombay.indology.info/pabuji/pabuji.avi


(from The epic of Pabuji (http://bombay.indology.info/pabuji/statement.html) )

I originally discovered that because the author's name was so similar to mine. I copied the video and saved the link, hoping to find a better version some day. This is the best I can offer now, though.

:needcoffee:

[The_Dude]

You might be thinking of a "barrel organ" like this, commonly played by buskers on the street with a monkey collecting money from the crowds.

Busker Organ - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=--s0_iVyjiM#)

http://oi49.tinypic.com/24nqhll.jpg

That's what we called the "hurdy-gurdy man" when I was a kid. The last time I saw one, I was probably 3 years old, living in Massachusetts.