I demonstrate my first hurdy gurdy build: http://youtu.be/HqWbRE_aGyI
I demonstrate my first hurdy gurdy build: http://youtu.be/HqWbRE_aGyI
Gurdy people: know anyone who wants to get into Gurdy playing? I’m making custom gurdies from £900, with the option to rent a symphonie 1/2 price whilst I’m building.
Fitted the low G string to my Gurdy. WOAH. I have been missing out all these years. Video coming soon.
I put all the Vio Gurdy info and links in one place: http://waterpigs.co.uk/lutherie/catalogue/hurdy-gurdies/vio/
Just did a photo shoot of my latest build: My Hurdy Gurdy!
Big thanks to Neil Brook (http://www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk/) for his Gurdy setup help!
I got the first note out of my work in progress Gurdy today. Very happy. It’ll be ready in a few days.
Nice to hear a song about luthiers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8dFohVOJEM
Fun day with poisonous chemicals! Potassium Dichromate is particularly cool — extremely orange.
I figured out the reason my gurdy is taking so long to build: I make a mockup of it every five minutes http://flic.kr/p/bK5zyR
Good grief, stainless steel is difficult to tap. How do people make anything out of it?
Good grief, stainless steel is difficult to tap. How do people make anything out of it?
I figured out the reason my gurdy is taking so long to build: I make a mockup of it every five minutes http://flic.kr/p/bK5zyR
It occurred to me that I haven't really shown anyone inside my workshop, so here's a shot of me with my gurdy mockup and one corner of it: flickr.com/photos/53044388@N05/6830794108/in/photostream
Started gurdy construction https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/9220294/2/Instruments/GurdyMaking?h=b533ed
Photos are a cardboard mockup in the adjustable mould, and a pot of screw-in tangents.
Working on Gurdy plans… #music #lutherie #folkmusic
Progress on my guitar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/53044388@N05/sets/72157627974000797/
Photos contain short descriptions, but feel free to ask if I've not explained the strange looking machines well enough!