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Viola Organista Instrument by Leonardo da Vinci
By Dale F. Rowe

This video of the Da Vinci 'Piano-Viola' shows the foot pedal in action
briefly at the beginning of the video:

  http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pianoviola1 

And something in a similar vein: the Glass Harmonika, which was
invented by Benjamin Franklin:

  http://www.chonday.com/Videos/glassharmonika1 

D.F. Rowe
Bronx, New York

(Message sent Tue 17 Dec 2013, 12:29:14 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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