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Sacbuts and kortholts and gambas, oh my!

The Medieval and Renaissance Eras were rife with all sorts of eye-popping musical instruments, such as the ones in the title of this review. So if you're curious how folks created tunes in the Middle Ages, head over to this instruments guide web page. Here, you'll find pictures and descriptions of thirty-two melody-makers of varying degrees of oddness. A recorder, for example, is pretty standard stuff, but who in the modern world has seen a schalmei? You have, you say? Well, you must have already been to this site!

Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:18:09 -0800