My gurdy is particularly heavy. It is a Volksgurdy wedge from Olympic Musical Instruments. I found that using a single strap was not working. It was so heavy that it was sliding down and forcing me to "lean" over to play. It was very uncomfortable. I went to a man who does leather work and he made me a heavy belt. This helped a little but not enough. I went back to him and he made me a second strap that is thinner than the belt. The strap hooks on the lower button on the tail of the gurdy. It does go under the belt, over my shoulder and then we found that attaching it to the other end of the belt was far better than hooking it onto the head piece strap button. The man who made it an I fiddled with it until we had it in exactly the right location. It is extremely secure and very comfortable. Both the strap and belt are adjustable with buckles and look great.
Katie Roe Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 21:13:35 +0100 From: [email protected] Subject: [HG-new] Standing To: [email protected] After years of playing sitting down I would like to learn to play standing up. Ok no real problem, except, that I value my gurdies more than money. One strap is very precarious. I know when I was at St.Chartier people played with two straps. Can anyone recommend a safe and comfortable way to play standing up or walking around. JON -- 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.
