Redruth Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 "Leonardo da Vinci left a design for the viola organista in his Codex Atlanticus manuscripts, but historians believe that the strange musical instrument was never constructed during his lifetime. 500 years after its invention, Polish concert pianist and instrument builder Slawomir Zubrzycki has built the instrument, which combines a piano’s keyboard with the mechanisms of string instruments. The viola organista features a keyboard connected to a bed of steel strings, like a baby grand piano. Unlike a piano, however, it has no dulcimers, but spinning, horse-tail hair-wrapped wheels that act like violin bows and are activated by a foot pedal. The sound is comparable to that of an organ, cello or accordion." [youtubehd]sv3py3Ap8_Y[/youtubehd] http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/leonardo-da-vincis-wacky-piano-is-heard-for-the-first-time-after-500-years-20131118-2xpqs.html#ixzz2l2n6hldN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 dat leonardo. this is why he was my favorite ninja turtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 You can sort of recreate it via Sonic Couture's Bowed Piano - http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/g3-bowed-piano/ Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio tag http://demos.soniccouture.com.s47769.gridserver.com/bowed-demos/cascade.mp3 Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio tag http://demos.soniccouture.com.s47769.gridserver.com/bowed-demos/tallinn.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Sounds nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Is there a demonstration that isn't ornate classical music? Arpeggios sound terrible on that thing; I want to hear some lovely drone chords! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosmina Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Leonardo was the IDMst person of the XV century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andihow Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [youtubehd]sv3py3Ap8_Y[/youtubehd] 6:22 most idm moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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