This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hurdy Gurdys are strange instruments to be sure... many sort of look like violins with a kind of keyboard mechanism attached. I saw a bunch of these on display in the fantastic museum of musical instruments in Hamamatsu this past june. They come in all sizes and there were plenty of variations on the basic design. These are also somtimes called symphonias I think. Heres a link to a sound example http://www.hurdygurdy.com/hg/sounds/hg_hires.aifc Heres a couple pictures I found on the net of modern copies of older designs. If this isnt more or less the same thing as your customer has... perhaps he has the name mixed up with something different ? A pict ure would be nice :) Cheers RicB J Patrick Draine wrote: > I have a customer who has what he calls a hurdy gurdy. A quick Google > search of that term reveals something completely different, so allow > me to attempt a description, and hope for some enlightenment/direction > from y'all. > The thing has a strung back like a "birdcage" or "cottage piano", and > has a large cylinder which, when cranked, drives leather covered > hammers, producing a cacophonous din. It hadn't been tuned in many > decades, but with the aid of a SAT II with the oscillator-to-speaker > plugged in, I managed to chip it within 150 cents of 440. > The customer of course is sure it's priceless, and is looking to sell > it for big bucks! > Anyone have a more precise name for this thing, or a website somewhere > out there with further information? > > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment --------------040700060102070709010404 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8f/c7/b0/46/attachment.htm --------------040700060102070709010404 A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: moz-screenshot.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21433 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ff/ee/29/be/moz-screenshot.jpg --------------040700060102070709010404 A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: moz-screenshot-1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 11635 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d1/e1/09/70/moz-screenshot-1.jpg --------------040700060102070709010404-- ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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