you bet, Arle. i bet they'd have gone bonkers! On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Arle Lommel wrote:
> Interesting instrument. It's not really a "traditional" lira at all, but > rather a "lira-inspired" instrument. That isn't to say anything bad about it > at all (see below), but an old lira would not have had a buzzing bridge or > two melody strings and would have had a diatonic keyboard with very different > key shapes. It actually looks like a pretty decent instrument for what it is, > and most players would not really be happy with an old-style lira (they would > find it very limiting), so I hope it finds a good home. > > I am actually glad to live in a time when Ukrainian makers can be creating > "non-traditional" hybrid instruments like that and when we can have a large > variety of influences. We often look back to the golden age of the > hurdy-gurdy as the 1700s, but right now is the real golden age of this > instrument. We see more diversity, better materials, and easier maintenance > now than ever before. While we can certainly love the old masters, I think > they would have jumped at the chance to have the tools and materials today's > makers can use. Just imagine what the old French makers would have done with > plywood, carbon fiber, and modern strings. > > -Arle > > > > On 2014 Jun 14, at 21:16 , HobgoblinH via hurdygurdy > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It would be nice to know what to expect if we click on this URL. I did find >> a very nice hurdy-gurdy on ebay, and there is a sound bite of it on YouTube >> as well, but the URL does not even resemble yours. It looks more like this: >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hand-carved-Ukrainian-Hurdy-Gurdy-Lira-Musical-Instrument-/281359876910?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41825b032e >> Alice > > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. -- -- 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/d/optout.
