Yes Colin, you are totally right. English is not my first language and I expressed myself with the term "Basic" as I would would in Norwegian or Dutch without really giving it any thought. The use of this term is not really interchangeable.
Thinking about it I find it quite hard to attach a value to a term . Would it be better to classify them as "Lower, medium, and high end"? I am a new resident of Hurdy-gurdy-world so maybe it is different here, but any type of instrument named "student model" or "beginners model" I would tend to put in the lower segment. "Introductory model" could be lower or medium end. That is my interpretation anyway! I hope to find a HG in the middle segment that is not too expensive. ;-) Douwe > From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:09:23 -0000 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HG] Kit or no kit? And if so which one? What's in a name > > Perhaps "basic" would be a better name? > I'm sure that each HG is a budget model for it's type, as you say. > Maybe even "simple construction" if that's not a contradiction in terms as > far as HGs go. > Introductory model? Student model? Beginner's model? > You are quite right that "budget" gives the wrong impression (to me it says > "cheap and nasty" which they certainly are NOT). > Sounds like we need a consensus on this. > What would YOU all call them? > Colin Hill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Billy Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: [HG] Kit or no kit? And if so which one? > > >> Hi, >> I like Neil have re-built 2 of these kit models and did what he did .I re >> did the wheel, axle and bearings, keys and tangents on the last one.Please >> keep away is my advise. >> Maybe we should put a warning label on H/G kits as with cig`s!!!!! >> Again what is a BUDGET Hurdy Gurdy are they not all at budget prices? >> >> Billy Horne >> > > >
