Well actually there was one lady early this year who is building a HG to go busking at a renaissance faire. I don't think she has raised her voice again after being blasted into the renaissance era or at least the fifteenth century by the anti kit sentiment.
As for entertainment. You can still learn historical stuff by being entertained. There is no historical reason why there could not have been a hurdy gurdy or two in America in the time of the French and Indian wars. In fact there is one documented as you state. Does this mean that only one person (using French costume) in the entire continent is allowed to use a hurdy gurdy in reenactments? Fi -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh ! , I guess you are involved in entertainement more than in historical research . For the F&I period ( seven years war in America for our europeans friends ) there is but a single documented presence of a HG , in Louisbourg , Acadia . ( today Nova Scotia ) . The previous one is related in the 1632 Relations des Jésuites. There are harpsichord kits available , so there are no technical reason for the absence of HG kits , but a huge économical and social one ..... nobody yet bought and assembled a harpsichord kit to go busking at a " Ren Fair " .
