The organistrum is an early form of hurdy-gurdy. Ancestor of all subsequent hurdy-gurdies, was played by two individuals one turned the crank while the other pulled the keys upward to change the musical pitch of the melody strings, 9th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

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