Da Vinci instrument: the viola organista created 500 years later by Slawomir Zubrzycki. VIDEO

Now, with the help of Polish concert pianist and instrument builder Slawomir Zubrzycki, one of Da Vinci’s creations—never built in his lifetime, according to scholars—is making music for modern ears. Called the “viola organista,” the instrument combines the keyboard of a piano with the sound production mechanism of string instruments like the violin or cello.

via Da Vinci instrument: the viola organista created 500 years later by Slawomir Zubrzycki. VIDEO.