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Hurdy-gurdy (or Organistrum, Vielle, Dreihler, Lira Korbowa) is a stringed instrument where traditional bow has been replaced with a wheel and crank and typical neck replaced with a mechanical box with buttons.
Typical Hurdy-Gurdy have one or two melodic strings (Chantelle) and 2 to 4 drone strings called Bourdons. Most of French versions of that instrument have additional buzzing string named Trumpette which produces rhythmical sounds especially useful in dance music.
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Swedish Bagpipe (Sackpipa) - set handcrafted by Canadian instrument maker - Boris Favre.
Medieval paintings in churches suggest that the instrument was spread all over Sweden. The instrument that today is referred to as Swedish bagpipes is a construction based on instruments from the western parts of the district called Dalarna, the only region of Sweden where the bagpipe tradition survived into the 20th century.
The bag is notably smaller than that of many other bagpipes. This, however, is no major problem as the pipes require relatively little air. The chanter has a single cane reed and a cylindrical bore, with a range of one octave.
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The Anatolian saz is a long necked lute historically originated from a lute called Kopuz. Its body is carved from a single block of wood and the accoustic hole is positioned at the back of the instrument. It has 3 sets of paired metal strings tuned accordingly to the type of music performed. Variations of that isntrument - as originating from similar "ancestors" - can be found throughout Turkey, Kurdistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and in the Azeri province of North-Western Iran. It is also played in Greece and in Bosnia Herzegovina.
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Ba-wu is a free reed flute-like instrument originating from Yunnan province of China. Its predecessor - Tsaaj - is to be found among Laotian Hmong culture. Ba-wu and Tsaaj are played in a horizontal manner with the air blown through the brass reed which - being a sound source - classify both instruments among metal reeds just like harmonica or accordion. Their sound resemble that of clarinet or oboe.
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Other instruments from my collection - Slovakian Koncovka & Fujara flutes, Low Irish Whistle, Tin Whistle, Thracian Gajda, Ocarina, Chinese Gu-zheng, Armenian Duduk - will be added soon.
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