most guitar-back (not luteback) HGs fit quite OK on overhead compartments in most airlines with room to spare.
Whether you can convince the ground crew to let you embark and show them it fits with plenty of room to spare, that's a different story. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:54 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.
