Re: Instrument?

[r l reid <ro...>]

I'm guessing it's a hurdy-gurdy.  She's cranking (which would bow the
strings), it has a sound box which implies strings, and her right hand
concievable is pressing the little keys to sound the notes.

I was unaware of any hurdy gyrdies in Jewish music, but there are at
leat two players of Jewish music who are hurdy gurdy players - Allan
Fendler, a wonderful wooden flute player; and Beverly Woods, the tsimblist.

I could be wrong.

helen winkler wrote:
> 
> In the picture at:
> http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/images.jsp?artid=3D215&letter=3DM&imgid=
> 
> in the lower left hand section, there are a group of musicians with the =
> women,  and then someone carrying an  object under his right arm.  It =
> looks like he is cranking it with his left hand.  Is that some sort of =
> musicial instrument?

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