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HURDY GURDY: Build your own musical instrument! (FULL)
Sat, September 24, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
$75 – $85
This workshop is full.
Instructor: Erica Hughes
Date/Time: Saturday, Sept 24 from 5:30-8:30pm AND Sunday, Sept 25 from 10am-1pm
Cost: $15 DRA member / $25 Non-member; plus $60 Supply Fee
Class size: 2-10 participants
(Register by September 10)
Del Ray Artisans turns THIRTY this year. To celebrate, take one or more of our rhyming programs in September!
During the HURDY GURDY workshop you will build your own working medieval wheel instrument! The hurdy gurdy looks like a spaceship, but you turn the handle that presses a rosined wheel against two strings. First mentioned in a 10th century manuscript with two operators, the hurdy gurdy became a one-person instrument in the 13th century and all the rage in the 17th century court of King Louis XIV. In Ukraine, it is known as the lira or relia. It was and still is played by professional, often blind, itinerant musicians known as lirnyky.
No experience necessary. Follow step-by-step instructions with a punning historian who can’t remember left and right! You will be chortling as you assemble your very own wooden puzzle and sing along to Donovan.
Face masks are recommended inside the gallery.
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