Musical Instruments website

Raibeart · Post by **Raibeart** » Mon May 13, 2002 1:19 am

I came across this while researching what medieval instrument I might want to play. Thought you all might like the site.

http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html

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horsefriend · Post by **horsefriend** » Mon May 13, 2002 11:17 am

My wife will have to kill you now.

I've wanted a hurdy-gurdy for some time, and you unthinkingly provided the links I've not had time to find. BUAH-HA-HA!

alail/scott

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Mon May 13, 2002 2:02 pm

For some more fun ones, try www.ancestral.co.uk and drool over those bagpipes!

If you really want a hurdy-gurdy, try building one! Here's one method:
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/hurdy.htm

I wish there were more folks playing music at SCA events. (I think the most disgusting snub that's happened to me was when I and another musician were taking turns playing and someone turned on the boom box and sort of drowned us out. It wasn't like they'd asked us to stop playing, we first figured it out when we heard the recorded music.)

-Patrick

Gaston de Clermont · Post by **Gaston de Clermont** » Mon May 13, 2002 3:45 pm

Lark in the Morning carries a huge variety of instruments, and it's a good starting place if you don't have time to do a lot of searching or building yourself. They carry hurdy gurdies, but they start around $700, and those have plastic wheels, keys, tangents, and inlay. The instrument sounds pretty good and looks good from a distance though.
http://larkinthemorning.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/Hurdy
If you've got the patience and tools to articulate an arm harness, you can certainly make one yourself. I have, and I'm not much of a wood worker.
Other hurdy gurdy links:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/

This one Rocks!:
http://members.aol.com/musicartroman/organistrum.htm
http://membres.lycos.fr/cbrass/organistrum.html
http://freespace.virgin.net/hurdy.gurdy/symph.html
http://www.hurdygurdy.farmcom.net/
Latin text detailing the first known description of how a hurdy gurdy should be conscrtucted, writen by St. Odo:
http://www.music.indiana.edu/tml/9th-11th/ODOORG_TEXT.html
If you like hurdy gurdy music, this album is excellent:
http://w3.one.net/~room237/lanotte/lanotte.html
Gaston de Clermont -one of TWO hurdy gurdy players within a stone's throw of Alail.

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horsefriend · Post by **horsefriend** » Mon May 13, 2002 4:32 pm

Gaston,

I'll track you down at Coronet, I didn't know you played the Devils instrument. Who is the other you refer to, I know Johann von Drachenwald is building one and Dale Shinn plays a mean hurdy-gurdy. It's amazing the beautiful music made by a hurdy-gurdy, accompanied by rumble pot and kazoo.

Alail/Scott

Gaston de Clermont · Post by **Gaston de Clermont** » Tue May 14, 2002 1:03 pm

Sure, I'll be at coronet, and I'll bring my box. Jehanne (Gaius's lady recently moved here from the East Kingdom) is the other player I know of in our province. I don't know Johann or Dale. It would be great if you could introduce us some time. We've got a few weeks, let's try to arrange a gurdy gathering at coronet.
Gaston