Abandoning my attempt to get even one #gurdy finished for Halsway Gurdy weekend as it is causing me too much #stress and would only result in a badly made instrument.

I spent most of this afternoon learning all the different ways in which bits of ebony can break. Thankfully, the great people at the Totnes school of Guitarmaking had enough maple strips in stock for me to use those.

The second #gurdy back is on after rather a stressful gluing session inside a small, dark shed with candles for light. Now I know a little more about what it must have been like to be a luthier in the Middle Ages.

Hurdy #gurdy people: Buried on hurdygurdy.com is a full English translation of Broecker’s Die Drehlier!

When you cut the wheel holes in the tops, that’s when it starts to feel like a #gurdy. Up until then it could easily have been some sort of pregnant harp:

#lutherie

Today I’ve gone from having almost no #gurdy wood to having almost all of my gurdy wood! Some exciting photos:

Unpacked, grouped:

Plywood for the wheels being cut:

And best of all, a gurdy egg made from all the tape used to package the materials!

Two sets of #gurdy materials are on their way #excited

Listening to @han’s 2010 dConstruct talk whilst wrestling with my printer. It will print my gurdy plans. I will make it.

The printer is rendering my #gurdy plans in a tasteful shade of pink #lutherie

Finally got a #gurdy body design I’m happy with. Just spent 30 mins trying to persuade the printer to print it. Finally, success!

Iterating over a #gurdy with sharpies and a TV:

Today I start work on my next batch of hurdy gurdies! Making two identical evolutions of the #vio #gurdy

Played Nigel Eaton’s “Halsway Schottische” on a pipe organ today #music #gurdy

Oho, #firstsignofwinter: My hurdy #gurdy’s keyboard is beginning to play up up.

Just uploaded a demo of my Vio Hurdy Gurdy’s pickups: https://soundcloud.com/barnabywalters/vio-hurdy-gurdy-bouree-aurore-sand