Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The Hurdy-Gurdy

I've heard of it, but have never seen one before - Boy! Have I been missing out on a great sound!




Tons of detailed information about this wonderful instrument here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy-gurdy




More very interesting info here:
http://hurdygurdy.org/pdfs/hghistory.pdf


And if you really want one, you can build a working model  yourself:

https://ugearsmodels.com/hurdy-gurdy/index.html




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8 comments:

  1. Gorges SmytheFebruary 21, 2018 at 4:47 PM

    Neat instrument.

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    1. ChickenmomFebruary 21, 2018 at 4:50 PM

      The kit would be just perfect your you, Gorges - Imagine all the tunes you could play while sitting on the porch!
      Would be wonderful to hear! :o)

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  2. MamahenFebruary 22, 2018 at 4:47 AM

    I had never seen one either. Great post:))

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  3. Theresa YFebruary 22, 2018 at 9:59 AM

    That was simply beautiful.

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    1. ChickenmomFebruary 22, 2018 at 7:53 PM

      There are a lot of videos on YouTube if you want to hear more! :o)

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2018 at 8:14 PM

    Thank you for this! I have heard one, many, many years ago, but had forgotten it completely. In fact, for some reason I had associated it with 'circus music'. Which it most certainly is not.

    Cap'n Jan

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    1. ChickenmomFebruary 25, 2018 at 4:32 PM

      When we were little, an old man came by with a wind up box and a monkey - we never had any money, so we never heard him play it. :o(

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