Xaime Rebollo of Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain) makes a superb compact HG as well, I think even more compact than Neil's.
Augusto On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:02 PM, JULIE BARKER <[email protected]> wrote: > A compact traveling gurdy that does the job and hopefully gets on an > airplane without hassell. > Now that is what I call an invention / development that the gurdy world > needs. > > Philip G Martin aka Drohne > www.drohne.co.uk > > --- On *Wed, 23/9/09, Felicia Dale <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Felicia Dale <[email protected]> > Subject: [HG-new] Re: Neil Brook "Wren" Hurdy Gurdy Available > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 23 September, 2009, 9:14 PM > > > Wow, that sounds pretty darn nice. Thanks, R. T. Felicia. > > > On Sep 23, 2009, at 12:32 PM, R.T. Taylor wrote: > > Hi there. > > Neil Brook is visiting California and has brought with him a wonderful > small but powerful and sweet sounding new hurdy gurdy called the Wren. > You can check out a short video on youtube at > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdPY8_B8_3I&feature=channel_page > > I have played it in both D/G and Octave tuned G/C and they sound and play > excellently. And Neil says that it also sounds great in unison G tuning > too. It has the usual Neil Brook refinements like string lifters, > adjustable bridges etc. that makes playing, tuning and adjusting so much > easier. One thing I really like about Neils instruments is that then tend to > play well right out of the box with easy and stable setup. > > I have 2 special instruments that Neil made for me and I am verry happy > with them. > > These compact instruments are great for travel. Even inside the solid case > they can fit in your luggage or as an easy carry on. > > It is quite reasonably priced, as are all of Neils instruments and is > available right now. > You can contact Neil at > [email protected] > > http://www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk/ > > Have fun. > r.t. taylor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
