Re: [HG] Sympathetic string tuning pegs

[Cor Westbroek]

Hello folks, 
These next sites have plenty of great tools and materials especially for 
gurdy's 
http://www.kauffer.com/vielle.htm 
http://www.luthier-bourgogne.com/Pascal-Cranga.php (also pre fab parts)
http://www.proarte.be/bouwer/cat.pdf  download the catalogue and look at page  
22 for "Citerpennen "

Greetings from Holland, 
Cor Westbroek


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Seth Hamon 
  To: hg@hurdygurdy.com 
  Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 7:41 PM
  Subject: Re: [HG] Sympathetic string tuning pegs


  Mr. Szostak, where can you buy the pre-fab parts you mentioned below... It 
would be nice to get the s-shaped cranks and shafts pre-made... My first 
attempt to build a HG which I'm still making. I found the shaft the most 
troublesome because I no longer have a metal lathe.. I had to chase the threads 
by hand onto a steel rod... No fun....     Also I have a question If I 
may........  I used a threaded t-nut installed and permanently fastened to the 
wheel. When this is screwed onto the shaft should I just secure it with a nut 
and lock washer on the shaft..  Seems as If I would have to leave enough room 
or make a slot in the top to get a wrench in there to tighten the wheel to the 
shaft.. Their must be a better way...

  Matthew Szostak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
    Thanks for the input, folks-

    I have used zither pins; they seem to work fine but I just don't find them
    appealing - the "older-looking" style seem a more appropriate aesthetic. 
    I haven't had a chance to look into harp or harpiscord components.

    It seems like you can buy almost any other pre-fab hurdy-gurdy part:
    knobs, S-shaped cranks, shafts and bearings, even fully carved tuning
    heads, but no sympathetic pegs. Well, like I said, I haven't persued the
    other leads.

    Maybe I'll try to make some... some year!

    ~ Matt