it is a complete course !!!! not only plans all !! each part have
his description kind of wood how does it work is it a remoovable
part of not , and in the second bood how to adjust ,,strings , bridge
all .and simple . i was nut at school but this i understand ... i eat
these 2 book 800 desings and picture.!! plans. realy interesting . 10000
thousan light year from a kit ..sylvain
----- Original Message -----
From: "sylvain gagnon mini moteur 2000 inc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [HG] Kit or no kit? And if so which one?
hi douwe ...it is very funny to see all of us ,newbeeeeessss)arrive here
with musikit in mind lollllll.
musikit you can made a x on this , i just finished one for my young
boy 10 years old i even dont know if it will work .but as first
building experience i must admit i had fun to build ... but the
other kit seemms better , other member will tell you if it is good , i
am curious to know what is the price of the second one .. thanks
sylvain
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douwe Boschma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:20 AM
Subject: [HG] Kit or no kit? And if so which one?
Hello everybody,
I am new on the list as well and I have a newbie question that I am
unable
to find an answer about.
But lets start properly with a small introduction. I am Douwe, a 38 yo
male
living in the Norwegian moutains on a small farm with my wife and two
girls
(0 and 6). Originally I am Dutch and I work (amongst some of other
trades)
as a graphic designer.
Since my youth I have had a medieval gen buzzing in my system. It
expresses
itself in many ways but it especially starts to resonate franticly if I
hear
the sound of the hurdygurdy. I get a lyrical feeling that I don't have
with
any other instrument even though I play some different instruments.
Because of this lingering love I have been thinking for years about
buying a
hurdygurdy, but as with a lot of people my income goes straight into the
household so I am on budget too low to afford one that would be to my
taste.
Because of this I decided to build one. I already have a plan for a
hungarian HG from the music museum in Stockholm ;-) I love the
"no-frills"
form, it is a large one (and I am a very tall guy) and I expect a warm
and
rich sound, lest the right kind of tone wood will be used. But before I
start with that undertaking I want to get a good feel for the instrument
(on
the inside and outside) so I considered buying a kit to get me going.
Now I found two kits on internet.
The musikit.com one is well advertised but also one that I'm sure I don't
want because of it would need a lot of work to get a reasonable sound and
versatility out of it.
I am talking about this one:
http://www.musikit.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=hurd
y
And I have found an other one that I can't find any additional
information
about and that is this one:
http://www.masterkit.com/rwc/products/hurdy.htm
I seems to have all the specs I am looking for except from a lacking key
as
I understood about this 18th century french model. But does anyone have
experience with this HG-kit, or has anyone heard about it? Can I expect
it
to be good enough for a starter? Or is it a toy to hang on the wall? ;-).
It is a budget thing really, as I can't spend more what that one would
cost
me. It is even above my budget. In usd bout 1000. In euros about 740.
So that is the only option I found out about that might be a valid one,
but
it is something that I wish to validate with knowledgeable people! Maybe
there are other options too that I don't know about! I'm all eyes and
ears.
Sorry for this very long mail, but I though that it would be right to
show a
bit about myself trough in it as I am new here. Any next on will be more
to
the point.
With best regards,
Douwe
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