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Whatever it is, it ain't free-reed...
Roger Hare:
Strictly speaking, off-topic, but someone here is bound to know...
I had an instrument described to me in the pub last night - played by Julie Fowlis on the R2 folk
programme. The description made me think it was probably a portative pipe organ. I had a look
when I got home. Here it is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05mk7f1
Is it a portative pipe organ does anyone know? I'm not absolutely sure because the ones I've
seen previously:
1) Have the longer pipes protruding above the top of the 'box'
2) Are held and played at right angles to the body.
Ta.
Roger
Lester:
1) It is free reed
2) It is a Shruti Box
John MacKenzie (Cugiok):
Yes. they are used by several people in Scotland, Siobhan Miller, and Emma Spiers, are two I know.
Note for Squeezy, that's spears, not spires ;)
SJ
Prestidigitator:
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--- Quote from: Lester on November 19, 2017, 08:37:12 AM ---1) It is free reed
2) It is a Shruti Box
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Coo! That was quick - less than two minutes! Thank you very much!
Roger.
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Looking at the Wiki entry, it seems they also have a Streb version.
Tone Dumb Greg:
It's an Indian instrument related to the harmonium. I suppose, if you strapped a shruti box and a harmonium back to back and worked out a way to operate the bellows (impossible?), you could have an accordion on which the right hand was a PA keyboard and the left hand was a melodeon bass.
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