So you are the "Odyssey" man! :-) I've been watching your blog - very useful and informative. It was that and the link to Graeme McCormack's site that gave me the idea to try using my lute body. I'm going to be talking with Mel Dorries at Folk College over Memorial Day weekend to see if the idea is feasable. Good luck and good work! David
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Michael McMillan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Are you actually building another one? > > Hi David, > > Yes, I am building another one, but not from scratch this time, as I do not > have a fancy woodshop nor all the expertise to go with one. I have a Hurdy > Gurdy Crafters kit, because I wanted all the difficult/critical stuff > pre-made. I couldn't afford a nice, ready-to-play gurdy, nor did I want to > bother buying another "toy," having been that route already with my > home-made one. > > You can see how it is coming along on my "Hurdy-Gurdy Odyssey" blog: > http://harvey-house.info/blog-hg/ > > I'm doing a bunch of extra decoration. That way, if I never learn to play it > decently, it will at least look impressive! ;o) But I know even with my lack > of musical skill, it will play WAY better than the one I made from scratch. > >> I have an old lute body which I am thinking of matching with one of >> HurdyGurdyCrafters' kits, and see if I end up with a "real" lute-back HG. > I'd like to hear how that goes for you! > > Regards, > > Michael > ________________________________ > From: David Gillett <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 1:04:25 PM > Subject: Re: [HG-new] GSO on eBay > > An excellent argument, Michael - I shouldn't be such a snob :-) > > Congratulations on building from scratch! Are you actually building > another one? I have an old lute body which I am thinking of matching > with one of HurdyGurdyCrafters' kits, and see if I end up with a > "real" lute-back HG. > > -- > 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.
