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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on June 12, 2009 at 8:49am

Sounds like a good project; I like the sound produced by Dennis'...The one in the video. Don't see much to resonate in your design; is the "neck" going to be solid?
Perhaps a pickup?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 12, 2009 at 8:55am

The drawing shown is pre-resonance box attachment. A piezoelectric transducer pickup is not a bad idea either! I will be putting a resonance box on the underside of the neck which will be solid maple.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 12, 2009 at 8:56am

I am planning on playing it lying down like a mountain dulcimer.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 12, 2009 at 9:00am

I took another try at drawing it up, I did not bother with showing the wheel works.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Lemin on June 12, 2009 at 2:35pm

I have ordered his CD as I had thought of using a CB to make a "symphony" "gurdy". I will keep you informed if i think it is feasible.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 13, 2009 at 2:10am

Very cool, good luck!

Brian Lemin said:

I have ordered his CD as I had thought of using a CB to make a "symphony" "gurdy". I will keep you informed if i think it is feasible.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 17, 2009 at 4:13pm

Here is the first photo of my attempt. I will be cutting out the portion on the top that will obviously be in the way of the wheel. I am keeping it there for now to make the drilling easier.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 22, 2009 at 3:59am

Here is the latest stage:

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Permalink Reply by Old Lowe on June 22, 2009 at 5:45am

A friend of mine made one of these and made it without keys so you just played it like a guitar worked pretty good.

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