I agree with Wayne that small instrument does have a big voice. Do you believe the table helped to amplify the sound? Peter, you've inspired me to try to make one of these. I really appreciate your videos. You play very well.

Neat little thing you've got there. Enjoyed the tune.

I decided to tune one of my pocket Scheitholts to gdff, so I can play tunes in "G-minor" instead of G-major as on the other one. It sounds a little off-tune sometimes - but it is actually not. But because of the rather short scale and the fact, that the frets are made of simple wire (as it has been done on these instruments centuries ago) it is difficult to play exactly. I tried to do my very best! :)

This song has an interesting history: it sounds somehow medieval. But it was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1805 (Op. 52, No. 7). He wrote this tune as a melody for Johann Wolfgang von Goethes poem "Lied des Marmottenbuben" from the drama "Jahrmarktsfest in Plundersweiler" from the year 1773 resp. 1778.
This song describes (and that was realitiy back in those days) the fate of beggar children from Savoy, a poor area (at least at that time) between Switzerland and France. Many families were so poor that they sent their children in other countries where they had to earn money by singing and acting on fairs. The children from Savoy also brought tamed amd trained marmots / groundhogs with them for their performances on markets and fairs. Some of them played with instruments like hurdy-gurdy.
Maybe Beethoven wanted to put that kind of music in his composition - or maybe he even picked up that tune from an older song that actually originated in medieval times? But that's just my speculation.
Enjoy!