Yaybahar - Ethereal Sounding Instrument

[upside downer]

What an incredible sound! I'm off to search 'How to make a Yaybahar' on Google.

 

 

[Mottlefeeder]

I can't see anything in shot that would provide that level of reverb/echo. If you ignore that, it's just a bowed banjo.

Where's my hard hat?

David

[upside downer]

Here's the inventor and a little explanation of what's going on.

 

https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-19/its-not-space-odyssey-its-yaybahar

 

And I'd love to bump into him next time I'm at the beach. Beats Punch & Judy!

 

 

[Lfalex v1.1]

21 hours ago, Mottlefeeder said:

I can't see anything in shot that would provide that level of reverb/echo. If you ignore that, it's just a bowed banjo.

Where's my hard hat?

David

Looks like the linkages to the drum heads are springs? Presumably they store and release energy from the bowing, giving  a sound not unlike a spring reverb, I guess.

Not certain. Just surmising.

[dannybuoy]

Sounds similar to a Cristal Baschet:

 

 

[Mottlefeeder]

2 hours ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Looks like the linkages to the drum heads are springs? Presumably they store and release energy from the bowing, giving  a sound not unlike a spring reverb, I guess.

Not certain. Just surmising.

Just checked the @upside downer link to the inventor's explanation - you are spot on.

 One lives and learns

David