Hello, A few years ago I had the idea of building a small but fully functional Hurdy Gurdy. I was hoping to make a small travel instrument that would easily fit in the overhead compartment of an airplane. The minimum requirements for a fully fuctional gurdy are 3 strings, melody, drone, trompette and chromatic keyboard. The instrument worked out very nice, it looks good and sounds good. Here is a link to the construction photos:
http://hurdygurdy.shutterfly.com/ At a recent music festival in July, I was fortunate to find Mel and Anne Dorries at their "Hurdy Gurdy Crafters" vendor booth. Mel is an excellent builder(and becoming quite a good player too) and along withhe had on display his most recent HG design, the "Minuet", a small, fully functional 3 string gurdy. I tried the instrument for quite a while and it looks and sounds great. It has melody, drone, trompette, and chromatic keyboard, just like my small instrument. The sound is very balanced and the trompette action is incredibly accurate. If you are considering a first instrument or a small one to travel with, I would highly recommend the "Minuet". I don't think you'll find a better instrument at such a low price. Here is a link: http://www.hurdygurdycrafters.com/index.asp?page=finished David Smith Dearborn, MI USA -- 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.
