I hope you stick to it, however I am always amazed how people have expensive instruments made for them, without knowing how to play them. Grant you a cheap HG is worse, however, I would have tried to rent one before coming to the conclusion of buying a $6000 instrument. I found the same kind of thinking with lute players. There are people at the lute Society of America, who cannot play the simplest lute tablature on their very expensive lutes... I guess for some people, money is no object.
Bruno lutenist and poor HG player ( but I built my own...) On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed! > Where do you live? Maybe there are other players in your area who would > like to get together. > > JULIE BARKER <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Don't sell it. If you want to play bad enough you will succeed. You quite > clearly have a good instrument and just need a little support to get up to > speed. The hurdy-gurdy has a reputation of being difficult to play, this > needn't be the case. Obviously you need to put in some time as with any > instrument but with good guidence it is possible to reach a good standard. > In many cases this can even be achieved without ever having to learn to > read music. > >I am sure there will be people on this list who could help and maybe even > live close to you. > > > >Philip G Martin aka Drohne > >www.drohne.co.uk > > > >--- On Mon, 19/12/11, Jake <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >From: Jake <[email protected]> > >Subject: [HG-new] May be selling my hurdy gurdy > >To: "hurdygurdy" <[email protected]> > >Date: Monday, 19 December, 2011, 7:05 > > > > > >May have to sell my custom-made Volksgurdy hurdy gurdy next year if I > >can't learn how to play it. It was built around 2002 and cost almost > >$6,000. There was a two-year waiting period just to begin getting it > >built. > > > >It has a 3-pickup amplification system, built-in tuner, sympathetic > >strings, outputs for various situations (1/4", XLR). It's old world > >meets modern technology. Really hope to try and make some progress > >learning how to play it otherwise I should consider giving it a good > >home. Will consider selling it privately first before going on eBay. > > > >-- > >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. > Don't sell it. If you want to play bad enough you will succeed. You > quite clearly have a good instrument and just need a little support to get > up to speed. The hurdy-gurdy has a reputation of being difficult to play, > this needn't be the case. Obviously you need to put in some time as with > any instrument but with good guidence it is possible to reach a good > standard. In many cases this can even be achieved without ever having to > learn to read music. > I am sure there will be people on this list who could help and maybe even > live close to you. > > Philip G Martin aka Drohne > www.drohne.co.uk > > --- On *Mon, 19/12/11, Jake <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Jake <[email protected]> > Subject: [HG-new] May be selling my hurdy gurdy > To: "hurdygurdy" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 19 December, 2011, 7:05 > > May have to sell my custom-made Volksgurdy hurdy gurdy next year if I > can't learn how to play it. It was built around 2002 and cost almost > $6,000. There was a two-year waiting period just to begin getting it > built. > > It has a 3-pickup amplification system, built-in tuner, sympathetic > strings, outputs for various situations (1/4", XLR). It's old world > meets modern technology. Really hope to try and make some progress > learning how to play it otherwise I should consider giving it a good > home. Will consider selling it privately first before going on eBay. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<http://uk.mc877.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<http://uk.mc877.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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. 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