What do you mean by 'no allowance'? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Williams Sent: 04 January 2008 20:57 To: Hurdy-Gurdy List Subject: Re: [HG] Hurdy Gurdy Plans
Scott-- The Antes plans you mention are the ones I had that were inadequate. The main problem was, if I remember correctly, no allowance for a sound post. Regards, Leonard Williams On 1/4/08 2:44 PM, "Scott McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All: > > I have just joined the list and I must say I am amazed at the volume of e-mail > and the enthusiasm shown for the hurdy gurdy. My name is Scott and I live on > the west coast of Canada on Vancouver Island. I am a lifetime woodworker and I > have had a passion for building musical instruments for most of my woodworking > career though I haven't made my living as a luthier. I have built quite a few > acoustic guitars over the years and have always wanted to build a hurdy gurdy. > I have an old hg plan from 1978 that was drawn by Scott Antes. However, it > seems to be lacking in detail. > > I'm sure this question has been asked here many times but where can I purchase > a set of plans that are detailed enough to allow me to build a high quality > hurdy gurdy? I followed the discussion started by Douwe yesterday with great > interest and checked out many of the links. I was particularly interested in > the La Vielle à Roue by Michel Pignol http://vielleroue.free.fr website. > Although I don't speak French I think I could manage to decipher most of the > text given the French I learned in high school with a bit of help from the > Internet translation engines. I would prefer, at least for a first instrument, > not to build a French style lute backed hg as it seems that the project would > be complicated enough without adding curved staves to the equation. I do like > the general outline of the French style hurdy gurdies. > > I have found many sets of plans offered on the Internet but with little hg > experience it's hard to know which plans are 'good' and which would be an > exercise in frustration. > > Thanks in advance > > Scott -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1208 - Release Date: 03/01/2008 15:52