#old instruments

[mlishchinska]

Портрети українських кобзарів О. Сластіона / Portraits of Ukrainian kobzars, O. Slastion

1961

[zape-bun]

old astrolabe + armillary sphere

A Treatise on the Astrolabe (1391) is a medieval instruction manual on the astrolabe by Geoffrey Chaucer. It describes both the form and the proper use of the instrument, and stands out as a prose technical work from a writer better known for poetry.

Wandering about how humans have always been obsessed with precision and time in a world that is inherently chaotic. Honestly, I could cry. We are amazing for keep trying this hard pointless-not-so-pointless things.

[thistlepeare]

I usually don’t make posts, but I needed to share with the world this incredible Nickelodeon/”Orchestrion” (ca. 1922-1929) from the Old Sautee Store in Sautee, Georgia (ca. 1872). It has a little marimba/xylophone! Best 25 cents spent.

[love-from-belle]

More info about my cello:

it is always very dusty

it has a fucker of an e flat wolf note

it has a sound post crack

there are worn down ditches in the fingerboard

its scroll has filled in holes that used to hold the screws for metal tuning pegs

it is the definition of an absolute hot mess

it plays like a dream

it sounds like one of those ridiculously soft bed throws turned into music

it is my one true musical love

[suzilight]

"Musician and storyteller David Holt onstage with Josh Goforth in 2016, sharing the story behind the mouthbow and his original song, "The Drovers".

This clip is an excerpt from a live episode of David Holt's State of Music, which ran for six seasons on PBS."

"I may never know what rich is, all I do is barter"

[stupidramblingsandtrains]

Bro and I just found an electric organ for free on Facebook and we’re probably picking it up. (This is in the span of 45 minutes btw)

[outlawpetegsc]

[kybercrimes]

No thoughts just conch trumpet