David - I am selling a Helmut Gotschy Phoenix in D/G for a friend (it was originally my first instrument before my friend bought it, now she's got a fancier instrument and is selling the Phoenix). The link here provides a demo video that describes it better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI-iGwLa8Bo. She's asking $1900 US. You'd need to add the cost of shipping from California to Australia, which is probably another couple of hundred dollars US. My friend's Phoenix would definitely be one option for you. Email me off list if you want to discuss. Good used gurdies at a decent price are rare; however if you're willing to wait to have a new one built, there are luthiers on this list who make suitable beginner-intermediate models. For a new model in this class, I suggest Neil Brook, Mel Dories (gurdycrafters), and Olympic (if they're still making the Chinook or Orca). Mitch Gordon Guerneville, California, US In a message dated 5/16/2013 5:28:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hello everybody David is my name, I have just recently discovered this instrument thanks to a motorcycle forum and was referred to this group by Matthew Szostak who makes some beautiful instruments.I play a few string things mandolin mostly and have a dodgy band here in melb. Australia but in all my years playing and working as a performance oriented audio engineer I have never before seen this delightful thing called a hurdy gurdy. I can only presume that they are as rare as hens teeth on this continent and therein lies the problem I seek to resolve . Would any of you good people be able to steer me in the right direction. Ideally I would like find one so i could learn to play it ,in australia if possible. Thank you all, Best Regards, David Job. -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
