Pignol's books are amazing I got to peruse them while staying at the Dorries' and they are fascinating.
If I ever wanted to build myself a gurdy, I would use Pignol's absurdly detailed plans, do doubt about that. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Scott Gayman <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a book set that has a full set of plans, full descriptions of > bridge placement, wood use and grain direction, etc. The drawback is that > it is in French. However, I have found that it is fairly easy to interpret. > The book set is called La Vielle a Roue by Michael Pignol and is about $75. > Full sized plans are included. > > http://www.michelpignol.com/ > There is a free website relating to the book at http://vielleroue.free.fr/ > > Scott > > > Bruce Nally <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All > I think a good free plan for a beginner with just a few tools would also > be on the Graeme McCormack's web site "antiquated strings". and that would > be "The Sinfonye" I built a few from his very detailed plans and they are > very nice and I find with good volume. Early Hurdy Gurdies were built with > handtools and the help of other craftsman like a blacksmith so I think it > still could be done the same way. I do think Michael Mcmillan on his blog > "a huyrdy Gurdy Odyssey" is buiding a very beautiful kit with very few > tools and borrowing tools from friends. you learn to make do. I have a > very well equipped shop but the last instrument I constructed is a > Nyckelharpa it is like a very detailed Hurdy Gurdy that is played with a > bow. and they are largely built in Sweden with only a carvers knife. > > >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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.
