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Post #145,851 by inthane-chan 3/12/04 11:51:03 AM Reply	What's this instrument? Saw Sting playing one the other night. Looks like a mandolin, has strings on the neck, etc., but there is a crank on the base that one hand turns while the other holds the neck. Any ideas? "I'll stop calling this crew 'Orwellian' when they stop using 1984 as an operations manual." - J. Bradford DeLong
Post #145,855 by boxley 3/12/04 12:00:16 PM Reply	had one of those when I was a kid had a picture of popeye on it. thanx, bill when I was young I envisioned myself as the embodiment of Trinity, Now I realize I have turned into the Bambino questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #145,859 by inthane-chan 3/12/04 12:23:57 PM Reply	Hardy-har-har.
Post #145,857 by Nightowl 3/12/04 12:18:31 PM Reply	Maybe a Dulcimer? I don't remember if any Dulcimers have cranks, but it's possible. Nightowl >8# "Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Post #145,858 by inthane-chan 3/12/04 12:23:39 PM Reply	Don't thinks so. Doesn't look like it.
Post #145,865 by Nightowl 3/12/04 12:29:43 PM Reply	Ah... the Hurdy Gurdy Try these links [link\|http://www.havalinaland.com/hurdygurdy.html\|http://www.havalinal...m/hurdygurdy.html] [link\|http://www.museevirtuel.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Anglais/mcc_j_txt11a_en.html\|http://www.museevirt..._j_txt11a_en.html] Hope this helps Brenda Nightowl >8# "Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Post #145,866 by inthane-chan 3/12/04 12:32:41 PM Reply	That might be it. Thanks.
Post #145,868 by Nightowl 3/12/04 12:36:40 PM Reply	No problem Very welcome. :) Nightowl >8# "Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Post #145,986 by Ashton 3/12/04 10:49:32 PM Reply	Not sure if an oud has a bend A player of an oud is an.. oudist. Say it.

What's this instrument? - (inthane-chan) - (8) - March 12, 2004, 11:51:03 AM EST

had one of those when I was a kid - (boxley) - (1) - March 12, 2004, 12:00:16 PM EST

Hardy-har-har. -NT - (inthane-chan) - March 12, 2004, 12:23:57 PM EST

Maybe a Dulcimer? - (Nightowl) - (4) - March 12, 2004, 12:18:31 PM EST

Don't thinks so. Doesn't look like it. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (3) - March 12, 2004, 12:23:39 PM EST

Ah... the Hurdy Gurdy - (Nightowl) - (2) - March 12, 2004, 12:29:43 PM EST

That might be it. Thanks. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (1) - March 12, 2004, 12:32:41 PM EST

No problem - (Nightowl) - March 12, 2004, 12:36:40 PM EST

Not sure if an oud has a bend - (Ashton) - March 12, 2004, 10:49:32 PM EST

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