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Shtroyfidl

Is "shtroyfidl" a recent Yiddish neologism, coined by Josh Horowitz? 
I think he said it was.

It seems to me that I have seen it in German as _Strohfiedel_, but its
usual name is Hoelzernes Gelaechter (seen since the 16th century). 
Guzikov's predecessor on the instrument, Samsun Jakubowski, of St. 
Petersburg, may have used the English term "wood harmonica" or "wood 
harmonicon," according to Albert Sowinski's 1857 book on Polish 
musicians.

Paul Gifford

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