the biggest hurdy gurdy ever built

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Seriously, that’s what this is, more or less. Da Vinci took a hurdy gurdy and designed a huge one that goes all the way down to cello range, and set it up to be shaped like a harpsichord. He called it a “viola organista,” but it’s basically a giant hurdy gurdy.

Da Vinci never built his design, but Slawomir Zubrzycki has:

"Viola organista made by Sławomir Zubrzycki" (Watch on YouTube)

That’s… pretty awesome, actually. ^_^

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