Lingen Psalmodikon

This Psalmodikon now belongs to and is played by Olive Lingen Forbord of Benson, MN. It was brought from Namdalseid, Trondheim, Norway in 1870 by Iver Lingen, her Great Uncle. The shorter stick, shown by the measuring stick, is called a "transpositional stick". It can be placed on the Psalmodikon, and still using the same numbers for Sifferskrift, but the music will be played in a different key. There are four variations on this stick. (The Transpositional Sticks were designed by Lars Roverud of Norway in 1825).