Illuminated Psalter Manuscripts

あの楽器のご先祖？古楽器・プサルタリーの歴史を調べてみた | マーニャのアトリエ

Gian Pietro Torrano Jacobs on Instagram: "This is called a bowed psaltery, which apparently has a deep history that goes back to the BC’s! But this particular design didn’t come around until around 1925 when a German guy patented this triangular body with alternating chromatic string order & pitched hitch pin heights to allow for bowing. The first one made its way to the U.S. in 1948 and then American instrument-makers started pumping them out and they became a door-to-door sales instrument (che

ElijahN on Instagram: "I love old instruments! The bowed psaltery is a 20th-century invention, with the first patent issued in Germany in 1925. Love the sweet and ethereal sound!#worldwidemusic #bowedinstruments #worldmusicians #oldinstruments"