I agree, David. I played it as well, and think it's a very good instrument!
Judith Sent from my iPad On Aug 8, 2011, at 2:54 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
