The only kit around that is playable is the one by Hurdy Gurdy Crafters http://www.hurdygurdycrafters.com/index.asp?fmt=large
<http://www.hurdygurdycrafters.com/index.asp?fmt=large>all other kits are crappy, to say the least. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Jay Perry <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > I have just joined this list. My name is Jay and I am from Nova Scotia. > I see that another Jay (LVJay) has just joined you from Las > Vegas; therefore... I'll call myself NSJay so you can tell us apart. > I am a musician, and have earned part of my income from singing for > many years. A continuing interest for the last 20 years or more has been > Early Music and the instruments associated with it. In addition, I have been > plugging away at learning to read early notation styles and pre-Rennaissance > English. In particular, I am fascinated by the Hurdy-Gurdy. > To that end, I would like to acquire one. Unfortunately, I am not in an > income bracket where I can afford to buy a decent instrument off the shelf, > ready to play. I do, however, possess the skills necessary to build my own, > having trained as a cabinet-maker. Rather than find some plans and build > from scratch, I would rather purchase and build a kit. That way, I will > actually get it done, unorganized soul that I am. I can also duplicate all > the parts in top-quality instrument woods, much of which I already > have, before starting assembly. The kit then becomes a practice instrument > to be improved in the second build. > Any information or recommendations anyone can share about kits will be > greatly appreciated. > > Thank you very much. > > NSJay > > > -- > 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]<hurdygurdy%[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. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hurdygurdy+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hurdygurdy+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
