Post praises the nyckelharpa, a Swedish keyed bowed instrument

A single museum post on Mastodon calls the nyckelharpa a medieval-looking instrument. It describes it as Swedish, bowed, with keys that stop the strings, and says it has existed since the 14th century.

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1. 20 Oct, 19:04 UTCFirst appeared on Global Museum

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• This might be the coolest thing you'll see today!! Nyckelharpa looks like it wandered out of a medieval manuscript. It'sGlobal Museum