A Polish concert pianist has managed to give life to Leonardo Da Vinci’s 500-year-old creation, ‘ viola organista ‘, a bizarre combination of piano and cello.
Slawomir Zubrzycki, who debuted the musical and mechanical work of art at the Academy of Music in the southern Polish city of Krakow, said that the instrument has the characteristics of the harpsichord, the organ and the viola da gamba, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The instrument’s surface is painted in a rich midnight blue and its inside is a deep raspberry, with golden swirls painted on the side.
The instrument has 61 steel strings running across it, and each string is attached to the keyboard, complete with smaller black keys for sharp and flat notes.
Zubrzycki, who has spent 3 years and 5000 hours on the instrument, added that he hopes he has made da Vinci proud. (ANI)