Hurdy gurdy, or wheel fiddle.

It has three different kinds of strings.

Where's my ukulele?

Terpnos, lyre.

Orchestral Harp

So, one person could actually play and almost this is pretty heavy carry the hurdy gurdy.

One evening when I went up to my room to get some tobacco I heard the strains of the harmonium

Clavinet

The first string is the drone string, which plays a continuous sound like the bagpipe.

The hurdy gurdy is the only musical instrument that uses a crank to turn a wheel to rub strings, like the bow of a violin, to produce music.

Because I hated Quinton.

No, the ukulele. And I sing, too.

He had him an old board fiddle strung with hairs from a horse's tail.

And it's very difficult to tune.

Can you play the dutar?

Strains of sweet balalaika soft and low

I play the ukulele, and I sing, too.

I mean, when I think about you and your poor ukulele...

Are you still harping on that same old string?

But Skat dangles at the end with his lyre.

Caroline Phillips Hurdy gurdy for beginners

And this kind of hurdy gurdy takes anywhere from three to five years to order and receive it .

Before that you had a pint in your ukelele...

I'd be out in the middle of nowhere, sitting on my ukulele.

So all of this is pretty innovative, if you consider that the hurdy gurdy appeared about a thousand years ago and it took two people to play it one to turn the crank, and another person yes to play the melody by physically pulling up large wooden pegs.

Luckily, all of this changed a couple of centuries later.

You say you've written a string quartet and a piano concerto.

Excuse me for breathing. How do you like this twobit banjo player!

The second string is a melody string, which is played with a wooden keyboard tuned like a piano.

Accordion

Rock Organ

Reed Organ

The violin is basically made of a wood box and four main strings.

It's also the only instrument that uses this kind of technique.

Hammond Organ

Percussive Organ

Church Organ

Tango Accordion

My accordion.

THE ORGAN

So, these are the different kinds and shapes of the hurdy gurdy.

Organ Emulator

is he the organist?

Only the organ played.

The hurdy gurdy has been used, historically, through the centuries in mostly dance music because of the uniqueness of the melody combined with the acoustic boombox here.