Thank you all, at the moment, mountain dulcimer etc. are not in the center of my musical focus. Anyway - nice to hear from you and thank you for your friendly feedback! Enjoy today!
The instrument is called "Taisho Koto" (and you can also find taishokoto, taishogoto, Nardan harp, Nagoya harp...).
John, there are 4 melody strings on this instrument: 3 plain steel strings in high g, and one wound string an octave lower. In recent time there used to be only the 3 high plain strings, but the the sound is a little softer with the additional deeper string. The sound of the instrument is a little "harsh" anyway, as "metal meets metal" when you press the typewriter keys down.
Then there are 1-2 drone strings (in this case two) that are not affected in any way by the typewriter levers.
Peter, if you are ever so inclined, we'd love to hear about your latest (non-dulcimer) music adventures!- perhaps a post in this forum:
https://fotmd.com/forums/forum/adventures-with-other-instruments
Thank you all,
at the moment, mountain dulcimer etc. are not in the center of my musical focus. Anyway - nice to hear from you and thank you for your friendly feedback!
Enjoy today!
Very interesting, thanks for sharing
Cool instrument. Cool tune.
Weirdly appealing.
Thank you, Christine! :)
Unusual and cool instrument Peter!
Thanks for the education!
Glad you like it, Lexie and John. :)
The instrument is called "Taisho Koto" (and you can also find taishokoto, taishogoto, Nardan harp, Nagoya harp...).
John, there are 4 melody strings on this instrument: 3 plain steel strings in high g, and one wound string an octave lower. In recent time there used to be only the 3 high plain strings, but the the sound is a little softer with the additional deeper string. The sound of the instrument is a little "harsh" anyway, as "metal meets metal" when you press the typewriter keys down.
Then there are 1-2 drone strings (in this case two) that are not affected in any way by the typewriter levers.
You can find some detail photos here:
http://fotmd.com/peter-w/gallery/taisho-koto-yamdr-yet-another-mountain-dulcimer-relative/all
That was great Peter.
When you press a key how many strings get fretted ?
Nice song Peter. What is this instrument called?
Sorry, I misspelled the French title. Should be "Danse de l'Ours". :)
Dance of the Bear. Also a medieval piece.