Yes. From what I have read here, some kits are rather poor and need a lot of reworking to achieve a decent instrument (and a lot of woodworking skills by the builder). As I said, I have no experience at all with kits (or anything other than basic adjustments etc) but the bottom line appears to be that you can't just assemble them "as is" but need to a fair bit of extra work yourself and even replacing some parts with better ones. Are you a fairly experienced player or is this your first venture into the world of HGs? I was taking it that you were not but had built a kit as per instructions and things seem not as they should be. If I'm in error, sorry. There are many builders on here (including of kits - which was why I suggested you tell us the manufacturer or the store you bought it from - I'm sure someone here will have built one or, at least, worked on one and would know any common failings/problems with them)
Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Sowers To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [HG-new] Hurdy Gurdy Do you mean who made the kit, the manufacture of it? I am not sure how to make a video to put on youtube, will have to find a way to make the film, I do not have a video camera. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Colin <[email protected]> wrote: May also be helpful if you said what make of kit it is as there are several around - not all are as good as some and can need significant extra work done on them before they will play. They can vary from pretty good to very bad (according to mails posted here - I never tried making one, I bought mine from a maker). Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:59 AM Subject: Re: [HG-new] Hurdy Gurdy Hey Jerry, Try posting a video to YouTube and see if we can figure it out that way. There are a lot of factors relating to tone and you may be battling several at the same time. Scott -----Original Message----- From: blacksmith <[email protected]> To: hurdygurdy <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 6:16 pm Subject: [HG-new] Hurdy Gurdy I purchased a hurdy gurdy kit that I built. I can not get it to sound good at all. I live hour north of Kansas City and would like to know if anyone is close that I can get some good help and advice with about how to make it better, thanks. Jerry -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- The Bearded Blacksmith -- 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. -- 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.
