As it happens, Steven, the Hackman's "minstrel" model is three stringed; one chanter, a trompette and one drone. Mine doesn't have a lot of volume compared to other gurdies, but the trompette and chanter are more than enough for it to sound like a gurdy. -----Original Message----- From: Steven Tucker <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:47:45 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG-new] Proposal on Hurdy Gurdy Construction topic
Alden, thanks for starting this thread. I have several personal interests in the gurdy that might go hand in hand with the discussion of how to actually build one: e.g. - What makes a gurdy "full featured". I was thinking one chanter, one or two drones, and a "chien" for a beginner's instrument. Granted, it'd sound much more like a true gurdy with a second drone as a "mouche", but is it necessary? I would value everyone's opinions. Chris's proposal of two chanters also seems reasonable (not much more construction than for one), but is there a benefit other than getting the 'chorus' sound? And now that I re-read my question I guess it could be summed up as is a "beginner's" instrument with one drone, one chanter, and maybe a 'chien' worth building? As for plans, it's hard enough to find good acoustic guitar plans for free on the web, much less something as obscure as the gurdy. The Guild of American Luthiers has a full-scale plan available for $30, but I really can't recommend it for a beginning builder as the author leaves off many construction details he assumes an experienced luthier would know. It's a bit ambitious, but perhaps our Thought Experiment could produce a set of plans for a well designed, fairly simple, acceptable sounding, affordably built, hurdy gurdy. I have the resources available to produce the plans (I use Autodesk Inventor) and I believe there's a way to share files? This way we could discuss the various features present in the plans that are available and accumulate them into a set of working plans. -Steve On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Alden F M Hackmann < [email protected]> wrote: > > [...] > With all of that said, I am very interested in what can be done without > all the big tools, basically starting with nothing. There's a lot of room > here for discussion, sharing our experiences. > > [...] -- 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.
