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2 Chanterelles and two drones.Works well mechanically but it will take a year to tune up!!Made from $2, Op Shop guitar.
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  • I'm very impressed, and looking forward to hearing it - really I am.
  • Its best to look up "Hurdy Gurdy" on Wikki.

    Turn the handle; that bows the strings, press the keys, that pushes tangents against the strings and thus adjusts the string length which then produces the "note"!
    There are two chanterelles (note producing strings) and two drones, which gives it a "bagpipe type" of sound.

    There are so many nuances to getting it to sound right.String pressure on the wheel; cotton on the strings; getting the two chanters to in tune, and on and on.......

    At the moment it sounds quite terrible!!!! :)

    Believe me, stick to guitars!
  • For the love of Pete! How do you play it, and how much do you have to pay the urchin who cranks the handle?

    Beautiful ... over-the-top weird, but beautiful.
  • That is unbelievably awesome! I"m coming over there to play it!
  • Holy moly!
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