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Strange to Relate

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There are church organs, electric organs and mouth-organs, but in today's talk Melvin Harris tells the story of one of the strangest musical instruments ever invented. It was built in the middle ages and only gave one performance - at a royal banquet. And the contents were cooked and eaten!

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