Haha yes no kidding with the kits. I suspected that it was like marking myself with a big X to shoot at, or maybe it is more like visiting the pope with your rubber boots on, you just don't do that. But still I like to hear some real life experience about this specific Henry III model. The company seems not to have a bad name at all but I found no specifics about the HG.
http://www.masterkit.com/rwc/products/hurdy.htm The one thing that makes me at least hope for quality is that they make all the components themselves and that they have a helpdesk open. I also emailed with them some months ago and they seem very sound and ok. The other one costs 564 British pounds! Douwe > From: sylvain gagnon mini moteur 2000 inc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:03:40 -0500 > To: <[email protected]> > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: >> 2008-01-02 11:29 >> >> > >
