Steafan Hannigan & Saskia Tomkins:07 Millrace Folk Festival

Steafan Hannigan (pipes) and Saskia Tomkins (nyckelharpa) play the main stage at the 2007 Mill Race Folk Festival, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
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[Kip Ruefle]

great stuff.

i love the sound of the nyckelharpa...is that the same type of instrument the folks in Vasen use?

brilliant

[fiddlereliz]

Yes, the nyckelharpa is a traditional instrument of Scandinavia and uses understrings which ring sympathetically when the main strings are played. There are a number of groups, including Vasen that use it. Also, check out Peter Puma Hedlund- he is a master of the nyckelharpa.