Galoots:

> ::This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff
>
> ::Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders:
> ::
> ::http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/

To me, what seems most mysterious about it is that the blocks holding
the strings can't be fixed in place, and the strings are slack. This is
why I don't think it could actually have been used for slicing anything,
though it certainly looks like that. In fact, I can't think of anything
except a Hawaiian guitar where "slack-string" would be appropriate
description, and even in that case it is probably less description than
name. Still bemused.

Tom Conroy


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