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Help me identify an instrument

cruhoortwunk · 2013-07-15 21:02:00

Hey lads, saw a lad playing an unusual instrument at body and soul a few weeks back. The body of it is round almost spherical and it has a long neck with strings laid out like a harp. Any ideas?

15-07-2013 10:02PM

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cruhoortwunk

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Hey lads, saw a lad playing an unusual instrument at body and soul a few weeks back. The body of it is round almost spherical and it has a long neck with strings laid out like a harp.
Any ideas?

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#2 16-07-2013 12:25AM

Schwiiing

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http://ronakmusic.com/?p=5 Any of these?

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#3 16-07-2013 07:20AM

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The body was like the first one but I can't see the strings and how they are set out. On the one I saw the strings filled the angle between the neck and body. The one closest the angle was shortest and the longest string furthest out like a harp

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#4 16-07-2013 11:25AM

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Maybe a lute or even a hurdy gurdy?

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#5 17-07-2013 08:28AM

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not a hurdy gurdy, they look like a Uke with a windy handle on a bean tin....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy_gurdy

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#6 17-07-2013 11:09AM

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Any idea who the band was?

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#7 17-07-2013 01:06PM

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a kora ?

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#8 17-07-2013 01:30PM

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An oud?

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