For everything it can do, though, the Medieval music box is worth it for one reason alone. It will put a hurdy gurdy in your hands even if you don’t know what kind of instrument that really is.
Joaquin Ayala of Winter Harp performs on a menagerie of strange musical instruments from medieval times, and none is more archaic than the monstrous organistrum. Grandfather of the hurdy-gurdy ...
Rebecca herself sings, plays the hurdy-gurdy ... various historical wind instruments. On their CD Rata Fortunae, several other musicians are also involved. And the medieval festivals are also ...