pardon my ignorance, but what is a Zook? Are you referring to the Bouzouki?. And exactly what kind of improvements do you wish to make to Hurdy Gurdies?
thx Bruno On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu < [email protected]> wrote: > So, what are these ideas of yours? How can we know if anyone here thought > of them if only you know about them, specifically? > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:17 PM, California Dave <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Oh, I am a zook specialist and began that journey with my interest in >> early citterns, which were wide spread and now are just a curiosity. I >> discovered the Irish bouzouki and its shorter scale 10 and 12 stringed >> brother the Cittern, which I have called CBOM or, more simply, the Zook. I >> discovered that this instrument could use a lot of innovation. Since its >> incept-date is some time in late sixties-early seventies, depending on >> who's talking, it has not become chiseled in stone. My instruments are >> designed carefully to improve on qualities that I think most zooks lack. >> Now the Vielle is also an early instrument that, in my opinion, demands >> preservation of its curiously quaint status as a beautiful "boat of a >> thousand years" that evolved when musical instrument-tech, is you will, was >> young! Tuning machines and plywood, delrin bearings and sheet aluminum >> visible are not too much of what I'm interested in. My ideas will work but >> I simply wonder if anyone else, recently, has thought of them! >> >> >> Dave Bucher, citeraro. >> The Golden Wood >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Bruno Cognyl-Fournier www.estavel.org -- 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.
