Posted by hurdy_gurdyman [ 209.153.156.190 ] on December 29, 2003 at 19:02:50:

In Reply to: Re: Excuse me Mr. Luthier sir, but....... posted by BillEpstein on December 29, 2003 at 17:34:37:

The best place for research on hurdy-gurdy's is http://www.hurdygurdy.com/hg/hghome.html

Briefly, a hurdy-gurdy has a crank attached to a wheel (4'-7") which spins against several strings, like a violin bow rubs against strings. Some strings are drones, while other strings go through a box with buttons in a standard keyboard pattern. The buttons push against the melody, or chanter, string(s), which shorten them and raises the pitch.
These instruments sound like a small bagpipe with violin-like tone, with some small rattling mechanical noises also. Very medieval tone!

Dave :^)

• Hurdy-gurdy info

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• wrong numer in previous post ... - hurdy_gurdyman 00:11:55 12/30/03 (2)
  • Re: I have the same problem with my "wheel" - BillEpstein 05:55:07 12/30/03 (1)
    • :^)) Mine doesn't seem to crank like it used to. (nt) - hurdy_gurdyman 11:16:59 12/30/03 (0)