Hello to you all. I've been lurking for a couple of years now. I believe this may be my first post. I've been interested in the idea of the Hurdy Gurdy for a number of years but didn't take the idea seriously until I heard Ben Grossman play at the Goderich Celtic Festival a few years back. Your thread has got me thinking about trying to make one again. I started on a symphony from some plans (?) but decided early on that the bridge and wheel arrangement were not conducive to making a good sound. So as with many of my tangents it got put aside. We are planing on attending a house concert in Guelph this coming Saturday featuring Harp and Gurdy (Sharlene Wallace and Ben Grossman) -- that also started me thinking again about making a gurdy. As a disclaimer I must confess that I have been making Lever/Folk Harps for the past 30 years or so so I'm coming at it with a workshop out back and some knowledge and expectation about what makes a good musical instrument. Still the mechanical nature of the beast is what gives me challenge. I'm all for the good general purpose instrument that Chris suggested. As for plans I don't know of any free ones. The lute back one that seems to be available doesn't have to be a lute back one dose it? How about a trapezoid shaped body for simplicity of body construction.
At the very least I will continue to follow your threads. Regards, Roger Muma London Ontario Canada www.mumaharps.com -- 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.
