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Hurdy Gurdy With Bass Keys Test
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- čas přidán 2. 11. 2023
- This video is to demonstrate the basic playing technique of being able to control both the bass and the melody with one hand. I intend the instrument to be smaller. I just happened to have a large instrument available for tests. The instrument in this video is not properly set up. The intention is just to demonstrate that the basic idea works.
Best channel ever. Period.
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What a brilliant idea! I've never could imagined that it's even possible to make polyphonic hurdy-gurdy!
Thank you. Others have made polyphonic hurdy gurdies, including this one made by Wolfgang Weichselbaumer.
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That's deliberately polyphonic, but some are accidentally polyphonic, for example having one string for the natural scale of the instrument and a different string for the accidentals.
woodworking, musician, luthier, great combo!
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Your sound is big and deep, Thanks for sharing your amazing work!
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Very compelling earthy sound. The design idea of the long transverse keys is also really innovative
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Its almost like a Mellowtron , great sounds !! liked your Dulci Gurdy aswell !
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That’s super cool!
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The sound of anguish
The idea of the wheel position is interesting.
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Hello.
This instrument is literally fabulous. The sound is so pleasantly ''dark''. Could I contact you privately to find out some more information on the construction part of this instrument? I mainly build lyres, psalteries and harps. But I would really be interested in trying my hand at ''studying'' and building something similar. Thank you! From Italy.
Thank you. You are welcome to contact me for more details. I will be very interested to hear and see the results if you make something like this.
I have sent an email to the address listed on your CZcams page so that you can contact me. And I have sent you a friend request on Facebook.
@@MabInstruments I apologize for the delay in responding but I couldn't have done it sooner. Unfortunately I have problems with that Facebook account, which I'm about to close to move to other social networks... that's why I can't add it to my contacts, I hope you won't be offended by this. If you want, we can talk here on CZcams, in private message, or via email? A thousand thanks.
@@HarperDreams I'm not offended. I don't know how to send private messages on CZcams, but I can communicate via email or via public comments on CZcams. I also have accounts of TikTok and Instagram if that helps.
@@MabInstruments OK well. So no problem, I'll write to you from here.
The main thing I would like to ask you about this instrument is how the function of the keys ''acts'', that is, how the ''tangents'' that press on the strings of the 'higher' register are made.
In any case, I don't want to copy the instrument, I would like to apply it on another type of instrument of my own invention...If I can, since I have other projects :-)
Very good idea with the wheel being flat… does it matter then if the wheel is circular, as long as the strings are in contact with it? I think it would be rather hard to make a wheel like that with hand tools.
Or maybe any ideas for a drop-in thing I could buy at a hardware store? For gurdies I used furniture wheels made of nylon. Also, how is the wheel attached to the instrument?
You can use other shapes of wheel, for example square, which is much easier to make than a circular wheel. The wheel has a raised section that makes contact with the strings. That raised section can be square or spiral shaped or anything like that. Having the bit that makes contact with the string meet the string at a different point gives a different timbre to the sound. The closer to the bridge then the brighter sound and the further away the warmer sound, so having a square or spiral piece meet the string gives a sound that varies over the cycle of the wheel being turned. However, that sort of thing affects chiens and can make it harder to get a good timbre on the highest notes (say about the top five semitones). If you go for a roughly circular raised section, it doesn't have to be an exact circle for the chiens and top notes to work, so it's much easier to make a good wheel than it would be with the wheel in the conventional orientation.
I make the wheels out of plywood and the important thing is how thick they are, as this affects how the raised section meets the string. I rely on the assumption that the plywood is of uniform thickness.
@@emssej The crank shaft goes through two holes in the instrument, one at the front and one at the back. Those holes hold the shaft steady. The shaft also goes through the wheel, but the hole in the wheel is a bit bigger than the shaft so that the wheel is not rigidly connected to the shaft. The wheel is pressed against a sheet of plywood by the force of the strings. A small piece of plywood is rigidly connected to the shaft and has a peg on it that fits into a hole on the wheel. Thus, when you turn the shaft, the peg on the small piece of plywood pushes the wheel round. This set up is avoid the wheel needing to be set up at the right angle and should mean that the wheel still works properly if the shaft becomes bent. I might already have a video about that set up, or I could make one in the next few days.
@@emssej I haven't tried nylon wheels. I am intrigued. Can you share a sound recording or video of one of your hurdy gurdies with a nylon wheel, please? I looked at nylon wheels and found one that has a raised section that might make it suitable for my system, though the diameter is about half what I would usually choose. My experience is that the greater the diameter of the wheel, the easier it is to get a good timbre.