Nyckelharpa

Here is a link to a photo taken at the end of a Workshop, shortly before they burned them all.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.burg-fuersteneck.de/fo...

So by 'unfretted' you mean it has no keys? Do you press on the strings at all, then? (besides plucking or bowing...)

Yes.

Sometimes I press the strings just above the top bridge to get an oriental feel.

cool

its like an enormous machineheaded cockroach....but it sounds great!

lol, it's short of one string too, but you cant tell the difference